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IntroducedJan 27, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 17, 2025
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Passed HouseApr 03, 2025
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Signed into Law
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions
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Senate • Apr 07, 2025: Passed Enrolled
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Votes
YES: 128
- Speaker
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Pena-Melnyk
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Toles
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Turner
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Foley
- Korman
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, J.
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Ghrist
- Lewis, R.
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bouchat
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Harris
- Metzgar
- Simmons
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Wivell
- Chang
- Healey
- Moon
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Morgan, M.
- Solomon
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Otto
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Howard
- Palakovich Carr
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Pasteur
ABSENT: 3
YES: 128
- Speaker
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Toles
- Arikan
- Fair
- Kipke
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Atterbeary
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lewis, J.
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lewis, R.
- Ross
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bouchat
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harris
- Metzgar
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hill
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Pena-Melnyk
Actions
- Apr 07, 2025 | Senate
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 07, 2025 | House
- Conference Committee Report {223528/1 Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (128-11)
- Apr 07, 2025 | Senate
- House Refuses Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Valentine)
- Conference Committee Report {223528/1 Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (34-12)
- Apr 07, 2025 | House
- Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Love and McKay)
- House Refuses Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Valentine)
- Apr 05, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Love and McKay)
- Apr 03, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (128-10)
- Apr 02, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {343529/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 01, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 17, 2025 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 17, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (32-12)
- Mar 14, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {173128/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments {173128/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 06, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/07 at 10:00 a.m.
- Jan 30, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2025 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status PetitionsPDF
- Amendments {173128/1 (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status PetitionsPDF
- Amendments {343529/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Conference Committee Report {223528/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status PetitionsPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Orloff, Leslye (National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP Inc))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rubenstein, Amelia (Prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative, University of Maryland School of Social Work)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Aron, Sophie (University of Maryland SAFE Center for Survivors of Human Trafficking)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Emerson, Jessica (The Human Trafficking Prevention Project)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rodriguez, Amanda (Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JUD Testimony, INFO -- Jackson, Samira (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All