Maryland House Bill 656

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 1 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring a victims of domestic violence program to be certified by the federally recognized State domestic violence coalition as a comprehensive domestic violence program; establishing the Victims of Domestic Violence Program Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and allowing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund.

Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund

Del. Julian Ivey [D]

2024-04-01 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 140 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	Senate	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
2024-04-02	Senate	Referred Rules
2024-04-01	House	Third Reading Passed (140-0)
2024-03-29	House	Second Reading Passed
2024-03-29	House	Favorable Adopted
2024-03-29	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2024-01-31	House	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-01-31	House	Hearing canceled
2024-01-25	House	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-01-25	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB439 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-03 - Returned Passed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Family Law	4	515	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	4	516	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	226	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0656?ys=2024RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0656f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0656t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0656_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/House/1053.pdf