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Bill Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness us/states/md Maryland General Assembly 2020 HB 40 Maryland HB 40 (2020)
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Maryland HB 40 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness (committee substitute) — source
  3. First - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness (committee substitute) — source
  4. Third - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • On Third Reading — 1340 (pass) · lower
  • On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 1300 (pass) · lower
  • On third reading — 432 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Barron — primary (person)
  • Grammer — primary (person)
  • Henson — primary (person)
  • Malone — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2019-11-01 Pre-filed introduction
  • 2020-01-08 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-09 Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
  • 2020-01-15 Hearing canceled
  • 2020-01-15 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
  • 2020-03-12 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-12 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-12 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-03-13 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-13 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
  • 2020-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-16 Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
  • 2020-03-16 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-03-17 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
  • 2020-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 House Concurs Senate Amendments
  • 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 Passed Enrolled
  • 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 607 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1e203c2-f6fb-4ae9-a2fa-96ce9fa2a8b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).