Maryland Senate Bill 208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-18 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from rehoming a child, committing specified acts related to rehoming a child, conspiring in the commission of specified acts related to rehoming a child, or acting as an accessory to the commission of specified acts related to rehoming a child; providing that the Act does not apply to the placement of a child by a licensed attorney, a child placement agency, or the State Department of Human Resources; and imposing a specified penalty not to exceed 5 years or a fine of $10,000 or both if found guilty of violating the Act.

Family Law - Rehoming of Adopted Children

Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]
Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]
Sen. Johnny Salling [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-18	Senate	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-02	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0208?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0208f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0208.pdf