[3] Archbishop William E. Lori confirmed in September 2018 that the archdiocese was under investigation by the state and said that it had given the attorney general more than 50,000 pages of internal documents dating back to 1965.

[9][10][11] In November 2023, the Archdiocese of Washington filed a lawsuit challenging the Child Victims Act, arguing that the law violated the statute of repose provision in the 2017 bill.

[12] Attorneys representing multiple victims of child sexual abuse from members of the Catholic clergy from the Washington archdiocese defended the law by arguing that the archdiocese's lawyers had misinterpreted prior precedents set by the Maryland Supreme Court on the legislature's ability to modify the statute of limitations.

"[14] Prince George's County Circuit Court Judge Robin D. Gill ruled that the Maryland Child Victims Act was constitutional on March 6, 2024.

[18] Archbishop William E. Lori attended bankruptcy hearings on May 20, 2024, to listen to victims testify about the sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergy.

[25] After the Supreme Court of Maryland ruled that the Child Victims Act was constitutional, Senate President Bill Ferguson and Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee chair William C. Smith Jr. said that lawmakers would consider legislation that would close the lookback window for filing child sexual abuse lawsuits after a certain date.

[33] During hearings on a similar bill introduced by state delegate Aruna Miller that would extend the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse lawsuits, Wilson testified to lawmakers about how he had been repeatedly raped and beaten by his adoptive father between ages 9 and 15, but never brought charges against his father and said that he had not realized he was a victim until he was 40 years old.

[34][35] The 2016 bill was introduced by state senator Ronald N. Young of Frederick County on December 16, 2015, and by delegate Wilson on February 11, 2016.

[49] Shortly after this, the House Judiciary Committee amended Republican state senator Justin Ready's "Laura and Reid's Law" to extend the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits until the victim turns 58 years old;[50] however, this amendment was removed by conference committee before the bill was signed into law by Governor Larry Hogan.

The bill unanimously passed the House of Delegates, but never received a hearing in the Senate as the 2020 legislative session was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[60][61] Although the Maryland Catholic Conference announced that it would support legislation to eliminate the statute of limitation on future cases of child sexual abuse, the lobbying organization said that it would continue to oppose bills providing a two-year "look back window" for survivors to file lawsuits alleging past abuse.

[65] Advocates were more optimistic at the chances of the Child Victims Act becoming law this time around, as two of its biggest opponents—Robert Cassilly and Michael Hough—were no longer members of the Maryland General Assembly.

[71] On January 20, 2023, William C. Smith Jr. announced that the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee review child sexual abuse laws in Maryland.

[64] Voting against the bill were West, Ready, Jack Bailey, Mary Beth Carozza, and Johnny Ray Salling.