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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Maryland SB 349 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Administrative Agencies", "Assault", "Chemical Tests", "Disclosure", "Evidence", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Hospitals", "Human Rights", "Law Enforcement", "Notices", "Records", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5002d9-9665-4529-836d-2207e506769e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB349&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "489e50bc7d373e69bce1817ef5eef61237735596599debdd74375a51a7c2edf7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 349 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0349f.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **1380** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Zirkin — primary (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {998279/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-23** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5002d9-9665-4529-836d-2207e506769e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).