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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Families Serve Act of 2024"
+description: "Families Serve Act of 2024"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 478"
+citation: "Maryland SB 478 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Charles", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Folden", "Gallion", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "James", "Klausmeier", "Lam", "Mautz", "McKay", "President", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6a027f2-ed59-435e-8dd1-5bf107093e8c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0478?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "307cc8a757f632008d047daafc407a63d630c2516803021b505bcfbdbae31dd9"
+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 478 (2024) — Families Serve Act of 2024
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_6_sb0478e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0478e.pdf)
+3. **First - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0478f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0478t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Administration — primary (person)
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Folden — primary (person)
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- President — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6a027f2-ed59-435e-8dd1-5bf107093e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+