Legislation - HB0604

Title: Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults
Sponsored by: The Speaker (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) and Delegates Cardin, Simmons, Phillips, Moon, Conaway, Kaufman, and Williams
Status: In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Prohibiting a person who is a caregiver to or a family member or household member of an individual from knowingly and willfully obtaining the property of the individual with the intent to deprive the individual of the individual's property if the individual is a vulnerable adult or an individual of at least 68 years of age and the person knows or reasonably should know the individual is a vulnerable adult of at least 68 years of age; and providing certain penalties for a violation of the Act.

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Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings; Education, Energy, and the Environment

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0466

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2025 Legislative Date 1/23/2025 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Vulnerable and Senior Adults - Theft of Property by Caregiver, Family Member, or Household Member - Prohibition Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2025 Legislative Date 1/27/2025 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/03/2025 Legislative Date 3/03/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/04/2025 Legislative Date 2/25/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments {523124/1 Adopted Proceedings 37BClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/04/2025 Legislative Date 2/25/2025 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 37BClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/06/2025 Legislative Date 2/27/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (136-0) Proceedings 39 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/07/2025 Legislative Date 2/19/2025 Action Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings 39 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial Proceedings Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/31/2025 Legislative Date 3/31/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/23/2025	1/23/2025	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Vulnerable and Senior Adults - Theft of Property by Caregiver, Family Member, or Household Member - Prohibition
House	1/27/2025	1/27/2025	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/03/2025	3/03/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
House	3/04/2025	2/25/2025	Favorable with Amendments {523124/1 Adopted	37BClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/04/2025	2/25/2025	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	37BClick to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults
House	3/06/2025	2/27/2025	Third Reading Passed (136-0)	39 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/07/2025	2/19/2025	Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment	39 Click to view Recorded Media
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial Proceedings	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/31/2025	3/31/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

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