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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration"
+description: "Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 497"
+citation: "Maryland HB 497 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Moon", "Moreno", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Woods"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592710a2-2772-42ad-bfd6-5f11bc9e940a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0497?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d4422a516bb6852d02874542471d32411eaa067176af232456ef4cbbe209c334"
+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 497 (2026) — Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_791_hb0497e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0497e.pdf)
+3. **First - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration and Relief** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0497f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0497t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **98–37** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–31** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Moreno — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 791 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592710a2-2772-42ad-bfd6-5f11bc9e940a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+