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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness"
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description: "Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 40"
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citation: "Maryland HB 40 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barron", "Grammer", "Henson", "Malone"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-11-01"
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last_action: "2020-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1e203c2-f6fb-4ae9-a2fa-96ce9fa2a8b7"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0040?ys=2020RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "2bb97d9b404d79f56af448bec7fc336f3e4b6d7ab355938daeb71d9c96929ba2"
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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 40 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness
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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 - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_607_hb0040e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0040e.pdf)
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3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0040f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0040t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barron — primary (person)
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- Grammer — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Malone — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-01-15** Hearing canceled
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- **2020-01-15** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-16** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
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- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
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- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
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- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 607 `became-law`
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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/a1e203c2-f6fb-4ae9-a2fa-96ce9fa2a8b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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