MD HB616 | 2025 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB593
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on April 22 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-04-22 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on April 22 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-04-22 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing any part of the grounds of a cemetery.
Title
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Sponsors
| Del. Tom Hutchinson [R] | Del. Christopher Adams [R] | Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D] | Del. Stuart Schmidt [R] |
Roll Calls
2025-04-02 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-02 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-27 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-04-02 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-27 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-22 | House | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 |
| 2025-04-02 | House | Passed Enrolled |
| 2025-04-02 | House | Third Reading Passed (138-0) |
| 2025-04-02 | House | House Concurs Senate Amendments |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {103720/1 Adopted |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | Referred Judicial Proceedings |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Third Reading Passed (133-0) |
| 2025-02-25 | House | Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| 2025-02-24 | House | Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-23 | House | First Reading Judiciary |
Same As/Similar To
SB421 (Crossfiled) 2025-04-22 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158
HB593 (Carry Over) 2024-03-20 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
HB593 (Carry Over) 2024-03-20 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Law - Procedures
Monuments and Memorials
Penalties and Sentences
Property Damage
Statutes of Limitation
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Law - Procedures
Monuments and Memorials
Penalties and Sentences
Property Damage
Statutes of Limitation
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courts and Judicial Proceedings | 5 | 106 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Criminal Law | 10 | 404 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
