| MD | SB439 | Engross 50% | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB550 | Engross 50% | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; and expanding provisions of law relating to the Safe Harbor Region... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB656 | Intro 25% | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1026 | Engross 50% | Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | SB707 | Engross 50% | Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB745 | Engross 50% | Expanding the definition of "person eligible for relief" under the domestic violence statutes to include an individual who alleges that the respondent committed stalking under certain circumstances; and altering certain provisions of law relating to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB833 | Engross 50% | Establishing a presumption that placement with a child's parent is in the best interest of the child, the child is receiving proper care and attention, and there is not a certain emergency situation if the child's parent is receiving certain substanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB708 | Engross 50% | Altering the definition of relative to mean an individual who is a kinship caregiver for purposes of provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance; altering provisions of law relating to the kinship care program in the Department of Hu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB508 | Engross 50% | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; expanding provisions of law relating ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB848 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB690 | Engross 50% | Altering the membership of the Adult Protective Services Review Board in Charles County to authorize the appointment of a physician's assistant or nurse practitioner in the field of psychiatry to serve on the board instead of a psychiatrist. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1298 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the father of a child to file a petition to add the father's surname to the child's name under certain circumstances and establishing related court procedures; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to develop and update, as appropriate, a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1499 | Intro 25% | Altering provisions of law relating to the kinship care program in the Department of Human Services and certain procedures for the placement of children in need of out-of-home placement. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB668 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child who is en... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB79 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB663 | Intro 25% | Establishing a rebuttable presumption in certain child custody proceedings that joint legal custody and joint physical custody for approximately equal periods of time are in the best interests of a child and establishing factors a court may consider ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1307 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1290 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a person to petition for a protective order against another person who the petitioner alleges has engaged in controlling or coercive behavior toward the petitioner; and defining "coercive control" as a pattern of emotional or psychologica... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB1011 | Intro 25% | Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines by requiring the deduction, from actual income, of an allowance for support for each child in the parent's home for whom the parent owes a legal duty of supp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1045 | Intro 25% | Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines by requiring the deduction, from actual income, of an allowance for support for each child in the parent's home for whom the parent owes a legal duty of supp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB743 | Intro 25% | Adding stalking to the list of offenses for which a certain individual may petition for a protective order; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB405 | Intro 25% | Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB553 | Intro 25% | Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB670 | Intro 25% | Requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of custody or visitation between the parties that is in the best interest of the child, to consider the ability of each of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs, the relatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB813 | Intro 25% | Establishing a certain exception to the authority of the Child Support Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB438 | Intro 25% | Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB327 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB365 | Intro 25% | Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; and specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings un... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB390 | Intro 25% | Altering the definition of "actual income" to include taxes paid by a parent's employer or, if the income is nontaxable, the amount of taxes that would be paid if the income were taxable for purposes of child support calculations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |