republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2025/hb-442.md

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Bill	Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer	Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	HB 442	Maryland HB 442 (2025)	bill		enacted	Acevero Bouchat Fair Kerr Miller Simpson Tomlinson	3	12	2	2025-01-16	2025-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d92d2831-2c53-4c03-9abe-61e8304f48ae	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0442?ys=2025RS&search=True	5d01ac8c4e989c50d5dad0df22a712ef3d68f5ed2de8a0e44740268165985715	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 442 (2025) — Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 134–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acevero — primary (person)
• Bouchat — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Kerr — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Tomlinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-17 Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-03-03 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-03-07 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Second Reading Passed
• 2025-04-02 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-04-02 Returned Passed
• 2025-04-22 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 147 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d92d2831-2c53-4c03-9abe-61e8304f48ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).