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IntroducedJan 23, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 27, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 02, 2025
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Signed into Law
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 02, 2025: Passed Enrolled
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Comments on HB 616
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Sponsors
- Schmidtcosponsor
Votes
YES: 133
- Speaker
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Stein
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Stewart
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Otto
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Edelson
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kaiser
- Pena-Melnyk
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Toles
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Korman
- Qi
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lehman
- Queen
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, J.
- Reilly
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lewis, R.
- Roberson
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Wilkins
- Bouchat
- Guzzone
- Mangione
- Ruth
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harris
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hartman
- McComas
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chang
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Shetty
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Miller
- Simmons
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moon
- Solomon
- Young
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 138
- Speaker
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stonko
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Korman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis, J.
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, R.
- Rose
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Behler
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Ross
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Williams
- Bouchat
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harris
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wims
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Chang
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Young
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Howard
- Otto
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 02, 2025 | House
- House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 02, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {103720/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 28, 2025 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Feb 27, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Feb 24, 2025 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Jan 27, 2025 | House
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 23, 2025 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and ProhibitionPDF
- Text - Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and ProhibitionPDF
- Amendments {103720/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and ProhibitionPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Hutchinson, Tom (House of Delegates)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- warden, candy (Rosa Bonheur Society)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Gilbert, Patrick (Maryland State's Attorneys' Association)
- JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Doring, Tammy
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- McGuckian, Eileen (Coalition to Protect MD Burial Sites)