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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases"
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description: "Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 293"
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citation: "Maryland HB 293 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Conaway", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "Nkongolo", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Pippy", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Stinnett", "Taylor"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ec4067-88b6-42fa-94f6-4d833ba267ff"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0293?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "7da5bbe49749117a5e349ab35428854f225464e7459cb86b4e86f6435d4690db"
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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 HB 293 (2025) — Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases
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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 - Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_150_hb0293t.pdf)
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2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0293f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0293t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Arikan — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Grammer — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Nkongolo — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Pippy — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Schmidt — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Stinnett — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed
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- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
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- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 `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/60ec4067-88b6-42fa-94f6-4d833ba267ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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