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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse"
+description: "Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 121"
+citation: "Maryland SB 121 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family Law", "Domestic Violence", "Electronic Communication", "Electronic Surveillance", "Harassment", "Pornography", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Telephones"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c57db921-ab99-4eaa-8be5-b716cd293b26"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB121&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "b6d3476d80112e6c79d5578db8c1761ea01001ebbcbe3704c81bf55cef6a4f05"
+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 SB 121 (2018) — Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse
+
+## 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/sb/sb0121f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **48–77** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zirkin — primary (person)
+- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Hough — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Muse — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ready — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-15** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {508879/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Floor Amendment {353723/1 (Delegate Angel) Rejected (48-77) `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c57db921-ab99-4eaa-8be5-b716cd293b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+