HB 461 — Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness
Last action — Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-3)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House of Delegates
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read HB 461 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-3)
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Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Favorable with Amendments {528879/1 Report Adopted
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Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Hearing canceled
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Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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First Reading Judicial Proceedings
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Third Reading Passed (89-47)
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Second Reading Passed
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Favorable Report Adopted
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Favorable Report by Judiciary
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Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
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First Reading Judiciary
Sponsors
- Angel · Cosponsor
- Gibson · Cosponsor
- Gutierrez · Cosponsor
- Senator Shelly Hettleman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Terri L. Hill · Cosponsor
- Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk · Cosponsor
- Delegate Pam Queen · Cosponsor
- M. Washington · Cosponsor
- Conaway · Cosponsor
- Krimm · Cosponsor
- Lafferty · Cosponsor
- Lierman · Cosponsor
- Luedtke · Cosponsor
- Delegate David Moon · Cosponsor
- Morales · Primary
- Sanchez · Cosponsor
- Tarlau · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins · Cosponsor
- Delegate Caylin Young · Cosponsor
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis · Cosponsor
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis · Cosponsor
- Delegate Seth A. Howard · Cosponsor
- Delegate H. Kevin Anderson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 23 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on · 24 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Morales
Co-sponsors (23)
- Angel
- Gibson
- Gutierrez
- Senator Shelly Hettleman Democrat
- Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat
- Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk Democrat
- Delegate Pam Queen Democrat
- M. Washington
- Conaway
- Krimm
- Lafferty
- Lierman
- Luedtke
- Delegate David Moon Democrat
- Sanchez
- Tarlau
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama Democrat
- Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins Democrat
- Delegate Caylin Young Democrat
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis Democrat
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis Democrat
- Delegate Seth A. Howard Republican Voted No
- Delegate H. Kevin Anderson Republican
Not signed on (164)
164 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 164 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 7% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (46)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Astle | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Brochin | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| DeGrange | — | Yea |
| Eckardt | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Hershey | — | Yea |
| Hough | — | Not Voting |
| Kasemeyer | — | Yea |
| Kelley | — | Yea |
| Klausmeier | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Norman | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Madaleno | — | Yea |
| Peters | — | Yea |
| Pinsky | — | Yea |
| Ramirez | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Nay |
| Manno | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| McFadden | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Nathan-Pulliam | — | Yea |
| Serafini | — | Yea |
| Waugh | — | Yea |
| Zirkin | — | Yea |
| Delegate Stephanie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Bill Ferguson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Brian J. Feldman | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator C. Anthony Muse | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cheryl C. Kagan | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Craig J. Zucker | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Guy Guzzone | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jim Rosapepe | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Joanne C. Benson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Nancy J. King | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Nay |
| Senator J.B. Jennings | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Johnny Ray Salling | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Justin Ready | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 89 | 47 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 63% | 33% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Afzali | — | Nay |
| Anderton | — | Nay |
| Angel | — | Yea |
| Atterbeary | — | Yea |
| Aumann | — | Nay |
| Barkley | — | Yea |
| Barron | — | Yea |
| Barve | — | Yea |
| Beitzel | — | Nay |
| Branch | — | Yea |
| Bromwell | — | Yea |
| Carey | — | Nay |
| Carr | — | Not Voting |
| Clark | — | Nay |
| Conaway | — | Yea |
| Dumais | — | Yea |
| Flanagan | — | Yea |
| Frush | — | Not Voting |
| Frick | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Gibson | — | Yea |
| Gilchrist | — | Yea |
| Glass | — | Nay |
| Glenn | — | Yea |
| Grammer | — | Nay |
| Gutierrez | — | Yea |
| Haynes | — | Yea |
| Hixson | — | Not Voting |
| Holmes | — | Yea |
| Impallaria | — | Nay |
| Jameson | — | Yea |
| Jalisi | — | Yea |
| Knotts | — | Yea |
| Krebs | — | Nay |
| Krimm | — | Yea |
| Lafferty | — | Yea |
| Speaker Busch | — | Yea |
| Ali | — | Yea |
| Sophocleus | — | Yea |
| Luedtke | — | Yea |
| Sanchez | — | Yea |
| Kelly | — | Yea |
| Proctor | — | Yea |
| Lewis, R. | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Cluster | — | Yea |
| Young, P. | — | Yea |
| Lierman | — | Yea |
| McIntosh | — | Yea |
| Morales | — | Yea |
| Morhaim | — | Yea |
| Mosby | — | Yea |
| Pendergrass | — | Yea |
| Platt | — | Yea |
| Reznik | — | Yea |
| Sydnor | — | Yea |
| Tarlau | — | Yea |
| Valentino-Smith | — | Yea |
| Vallario | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Kittleman | — | Nay |
| Cassilly | — | Nay |
| Lisanti | — | Yea |
| Malone | — | Nay |
| McConkey | — | Nay |
| McDonough | — | Nay |
| McMillan | — | Nay |
| Miele | — | Nay |
| Otto | — | Nay |
| Parrott | — | Nay |
| Rey | — | Nay |
| Saab | — | Nay |
| Shoemaker | — | Nay |
| Vogt | — | Nay |
| Jackson, M. | — | Yea |
| Jones, A. | — | Yea |
| Lewis, J. | — | Yea |
| Long, R. | — | Nay |
| Morgan, M. | — | Nay |
| Delegate Anne Healey | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Anne R. Kaiser | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Bonnie Cullison | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate C. T. Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Dana Stein | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Moon | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Debra Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Diana M. Fennell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Edith J. Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Eric Ebersole | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Kriselda Valderrama | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Luke Clippinger | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Marc Korman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mark S. Chang | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Pam Queen | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Terri L. Hill | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Veronica Turner | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Alonzo T. Washington | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Antonio Hayes | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin Brooks | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin F. Kramer | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Clarence K. Lam | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cory V. McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jeff Waldstreicher | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Karen Lewis Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Mary Washington | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Pamela Beidle | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Shelly Hettleman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate April Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate April Miller | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate April Rose | Republican | Not Voting |
| Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Christopher T. Adams | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate H. Kevin Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jason C. Buckel | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Jay A. Jacobs | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Kathy Szeliga | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Mark N. Fisher | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Ric Metzgar | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Steven J. Arentz | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Susan K. McComas | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate William J. Wivell | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Not Voting |
| Senator Chris West | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Johnny Mautz | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Mary Beth Carozza | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Mike McKay | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Paul D. Corderman | Republican | Nay |
| Senator William G. Folden | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 461?
- HB 461 is sponsored by Angel, Gibson, Gutierrez, Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democrat), Delegate Pam Queen (Democrat), M. Washington, Conaway, Krimm, Lafferty, Lierman, Luedtke, Delegate David Moon (Democrat), Morales, Sanchez, Tarlau, Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (Democrat), Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democrat), Delegate Caylin Young (Democrat), Delegate Robbyn Lewis (Democrat), Delegate Seth A. Howard (Republican), and Delegate H. Kevin Anderson (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 461?
- This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HB 461?
- Track HB 461 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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