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IntroducedFeb 06, 2023
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Passed SenateMar 16, 2023
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Passed HouseApr 06, 2023
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Signed into LawApr 11, 2023
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 11, 2023: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 686
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
NO: 36
NOT VOTING: 1
NO: 33
OTHER: 0
NO: 33
NO: 35
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 42
- Mr. President
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Kramer
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Jackson
- Lam
- Smith
- Beidle
- Gallion
- James
- Lewis Young
- Sydnor
- Benson
- Gile
- Jennings
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Griffith
- Kagan
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Carter
- Guzzone
- Kelly
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Corderman
- Hayes
- King
- Muse
- Watson
- Elfreth
- Hershey
- Klausmeier
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Ellis
- Hester
OTHER: 0
YES: 133
- Speaker
- Charles
- Hill
- McComas
- Simmons
- Acevero
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Metzgar
- Simpson
- Adams
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Miller
- Smith
- Addison
- Conaway
- Hornberger
- Mireku-North
- Solomon
- Allen
- Crosby
- Howard
- Moon
- Stein
- Alston
- Crutchfield
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, M.
- Stewart
- Amprey
- Cullison
- Ivey
- Morgan, T.
- Stonko
- Anderton
- Davis
- Jackson
- Munoz
- Szeliga
- Arentz
- Ebersole
- Jacobs
- Otto
- Taveras
- Arikan
- Edelson
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Taylor
- Attar
- Embry
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Terrasa
- Atterbeary
- Fair
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Kaiser
- Pena-Melnyk
- Turner
- Baker
- Fennell
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Valderrama
- Barnes, B.
- Fisher
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Vogel
- Barnes, D.
- Foley
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Korman
- Qi
- Wells
- Barve
- Ghrist
- Lehman
- Queen
- White
- Bhandari
- Grammer
- Lewis, J.
- Reilly
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Griffith
- Lewis, R.
- Rogers
- Williams
- Bouchat
- Grossman
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Wolek
- Bridges
- Guzzone
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Woods
- Buckel
- Harris
- Love
- Sample-Hughes
- Wu
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Mangione
- Schmidt
- Young
- Chang
- Hartman
- Martinez
- Shetty
- Ziegler
- Charkoudian
- Henson
- McCaskill
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 11, 2023 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5
- Apr 07, 2023 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 06, 2023 | House
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- Apr 05, 2023 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 22, 2023 | House
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 17, 2023 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 16, 2023 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (42-5)
- Mar 14, 2023 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {123122/1
- Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator West) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments {123122/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {303926/1 (Senator West) Rejected
- Floor Amendment {223928/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (11-35)
- Floor Amendment {583126/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (14-33)
- Floor Amendment {143823/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (10-36)
- Floor Amendment {163729/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (12-33)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 13, 2023 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {123122/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- Feb 14, 2023 | Senate
- Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2023 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)PDF
- Amendments {123122/1 (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {303926/1 (Senator West) Rejected (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {223928/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (11-35) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {583126/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (14-33) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {143823/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (10-36) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {163729/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (12-33) (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)PDF
- Text - Chapter - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lorenz, David
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lorenz, Judith
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Cochrane, Jena
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schindler, Francis
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kerin, Susan
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Letourneau, Elizabeth (Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Thomas
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wolf, Matthew
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gross, jennifer (self)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lancaster, Teresa
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schappelle, David
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Fenton, Nancy
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Phelps, Jr., Kenneth (Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lane, Wendy (Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN))
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Silverman, Cary (American Tort Reform Association)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Corzine, Mary
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoke, Kathleen
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Robb, Kathryn (CHILD USAdvocacy)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Remington, Claudia (Claudia M Remington)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Mueller, Mary
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Schaub, Abbie
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Kraska, Jenny
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- surrick, carolyn (self)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Gavagan, Christopher
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- McDonough, Caitlin (HJM)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Larkin, Gloria
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rupprecht, Kurt
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Sledge, Rachel (Department of Human Services)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hessler, Therese
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Robson, Daniel (Justice 4 MD Survivors)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- VonDenBosch, Donna (N/A)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lombardi, Joyce (Center for Hope)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wehner, Jean
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Sartucci, Janis (Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, MD)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- conway, sarah
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Venton, Megan
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Sample, Sarah (Maryland Association of Counties)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Katana, Shaoli (Maryland State Bar Association)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bailey Thupari, Angelica (Maryland Municipal League)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Network, Maryland Family
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Hoke, Kathleen
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Lane, Wendy (Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- surrick, carolyn (self)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Schappelle, David
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Kraska, Jenny
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rupprecht, Kurt
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Fenton, Nancy
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Lorenz, David
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Schindler, Francis
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Lorenz, Judith
- JUD Testimony, INFO -- Sample, Sarah (Maryland Association of Counties)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Schaub, Abbie
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Robson, Daniel (Justice 4 MD Survivors)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Bailey Thupari, Angelica (Maryland Municipal League)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Robb, Kathryn (CHILD USAdvocacy)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Larkin, Gloria
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Remington, Claudia (Claudia M Remington)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Hessler, Therese
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Corzine, Mary