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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals"
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description: "Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 476"
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citation: "Maryland HB 476 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Taylor"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-22"
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last_action: "2024-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476d2866-af44-4d94-9b82-47d9e89d8b67"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0476?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "c74b1816a5388388b41c8964cd262f034635bb640f14c3873352de5e7b6195a6"
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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 476 (2024) — Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals
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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 - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_830_hb0476t.pdf)
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2. **First - Criminal Procedure – Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search – Applicability for Deceased and Missing Children** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0476f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0476t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Arikan — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Cardin — 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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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Shetty — 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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- **2024-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
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- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 830 `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/476d2866-af44-4d94-9b82-47d9e89d8b67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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