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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Request for Verbal Acknowledgement (Verbal Waiver Transparency Act)
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 02, 2026: Favorable Report by Judiciary
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 531
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Lovecosponsor
Votes
YES: 41
- Mr. President
- Feldman
- Hershey
- Kramer
- Salling
- Attar
- Folden
- Hester
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gile
- Jackson
- Love
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Jennings
- McKay
- Watson
- Carozza
- Hayes
- Kagan
- Muse
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- King
- Ready
- Zucker
- Ellis
NO: 0
ABSENT: 4
NOT VOTING: 2
Actions
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {813120/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Request for Verbal Acknowledgement (Verbal Waiver Transparency Act)PDF
- Amendments {813120/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Request for Verbal Acknowledgement (Verbal Waiver Transparency Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hatfield, Carisa (Office of the Attorney General - SAEK Committee)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Mupanduki, Joanna (Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hettleman, Shelly (MGA- Senator Hettleman)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
