Maryland Senate Bill 349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Passed on April 18 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring a specified health care provider to provide a victim of sexual assault with written information describing the laws and policies governing the testing, preservation, and disposal of a sexual assault evidence collection kit; requiring a hospital or child advocacy center to transfer a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a law enforcement agency within 30 days of the exam; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from destroying or disposing of specified evidence of sexual assault within 20 years of its collection; etc.

Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification

Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. James Brochin [D]	Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]
Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Wayne Norman [R]
Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Sen. William Smith [D]

2017-03-28 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-23 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-18	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158
2017-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2017-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2017-03-31	House	Second Reading Passed
2017-03-31	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-03-31	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2017-03-28	House	Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-24	House	First Reading Judiciary
2017-02-23	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2017-02-21	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-02-21	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {998279/1 Report Adopted
2017-02-20	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2017-02-08	Senate	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-25	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0349?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0349f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0349t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/Chapters_noln/CH_158_sb0349t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0349_99827901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0349.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0349_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0349_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0349,s-0312&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0349,h-1142&stab=02&ys=2017RS