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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)"
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description: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 686"
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citation: "Maryland SB 686 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/144dc69d-9d9d-41b6-ae7e-28909985545e"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0686?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "89cca193282954cb1b1bbec872ab8e5d6ce4af082036595001f59020b669c139"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 686 (2023) — Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_5_sb0686t.pdf)
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2. **First - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0686f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0686t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator West) Adopted
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- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
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- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/144dc69d-9d9d-41b6-ae7e-28909985545e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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