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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Grounds for Divorce - 12-Month Separation - Oral Amendment to Application for Divorce"
+description: "Grounds for Divorce - 12-Month Separation - Oral Amendment to Application for Divorce"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1368"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1368 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family Law", "Courts", "Divorce", "Hearings"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McMillan and Dumais"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ca795f-ad74-4238-9db4-cda7cd3f3357"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1368&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "ea2dc8944e137c3a325ce733eac2b5f8594d033276027667c4eb70e5439535d5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1368 (2018) — Grounds for Divorce - 12-Month Separation - Oral Amendment to Application for Divorce
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1368f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **127–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McMillan and Dumais — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {912216/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (127-8) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {218170/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2018-04-06** House Requests Senate Recede
+- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
+- **2018-04-06** Delegates Dumais, Malone, and Atterbeary
+- **2018-04-09** Motion Recede (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
+- **2018-04-09** Committee Amendment {218170/1 Withdrawn
+- **2018-04-09** Senate Recede
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 782 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7ca795f-ad74-4238-9db4-cda7cd3f3357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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