Maryland Senate Bill 498 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)
Status: Passed on April 14 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-14 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 37
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring a specified law enforcement agency or other State or local agency to conduct an inventory of specified sexual assault kit evidence on or before January 1, 2016; requiring a specified agency to prepare a report regarding untested sexual assault evidence collection kits on or before March 1, 2016; requiring the report to be submitted to the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General to prepare and submit to the General Assembly a specified report and specified recommendations on or before December 1, 2016.

Public Safety - Statewide Accounting of Sexual Assault Evidence Kits

Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]
Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]
Sen. Lisa Gladden [D]	Sen. James Brochin [D]	Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]
Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Wayne Norman [R]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]
Sen. Justin Ready [R]

2015-03-28 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (135-3) (Y: 135 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-03-18 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-14	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 37
2015-04-02	Senate	Returned Passed
2015-04-01	House	Third Reading Passed (135-3)
2015-03-31	House	Second Reading Passed
2015-03-31	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2015-03-30	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2015-03-25	House	Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-03-18	House	First Reading Judiciary
2015-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2015-03-17	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {248377/1 Report Adopted
2015-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2015-02-26	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-06	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0498?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0498f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0498t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/Chapters_noln/CH_37_sb0498t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0498_24837701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0498.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/sb0498_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/sb0498_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0498,s-0427&stab=02&ys=2015RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0498,h-0667&stab=02&ys=2015RS