republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/sb-534.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony	Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	SB 534	Maryland SB 534 (2020)	bill		enacted	Carter Hettleman Smith Washington	3	12	2	2020-01-30	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e71dc731-7e4e-400a-9bdf-409758d52059	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0534?ys=2020RS&search=True	557f4d808254eef128f7ea70a8fee37ee3a2d1ab718355fe0198ea6e1a9bef9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 534 (2020) — Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 133–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carter — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Washington — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-30 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-12 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-03-16 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-16 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-17 Returned Passed
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 281 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e71dc731-7e4e-400a-9bdf-409758d52059. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).