Maryland House Bill 636 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-15 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court in any child custody or visitation proceeding from considering, in and of itself, a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in determining the best interest of a child except under specified circumstances; authorizing a party or witness who is subject to deployment to provide testimony and present evidence by electronic means or by telephone under specified circumstances; authorizing the court to grant caretaking or decision-making authority to a nonparent under specified circumstances; etc.

Child Custody and Visitation - Deployed Parents

Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]	Del. Angela Angel [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Michael Malone [R]
Del. Deb Rey [R]	Del. Carlos Sanchez [D]	Del. C.T. Wilson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-15	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2017-02-23	House	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-01	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0636?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0636f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0006/hb0636.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb0636_jud.pdf