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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Maryland HB 247 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Appropriations", "Chemical Tests", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Committees and Commissions", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Criminal Injuries Compensation", "Disclosure", "Health", "Department of", "Health Occupations", "Liability", "Parole and Probation", "Privacy", "Reports", "Restitution", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a8dbe24-b757-4455-a849-1ccc6cd4b0a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB247&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a49d8be72776751af53bc2d89fbd102cc760d58406ae735e0030dd23a6de6f3f"
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 HB 247 (2018) — Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation
## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0247e.pdf)
## Votes
- On third reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **1340** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Office of Crime Control and Prevention) — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {502819/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {638473/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2018-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-05** Delegates Morhaim, Sanchez, and McComas
- **2018-04-06** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-06** Senators Hough, Lee, and Kelley
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a8dbe24-b757-4455-a849-1ccc6cd4b0a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).