Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases

SB 274 Criminal Procedure Child Victims Testimony in Child Abuse Cases

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases
SB-274


About SB-274

Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.

  

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Engrossed 03/04/2025

Introduced 01/09/2025

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Third Reading Passed

03/06/2025

Yeas: 44 | Nays: 0
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History

Referred Judiciary

03/07/2025

Third Reading Passed (44-0)

03/06/2025

Favorable With Amendments {143521/1 Adopted

03/04/2025

Second Reading Passed With Amendments

03/04/2025

Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings

03/03/2025

Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m.

01/16/2025

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

01/09/2025