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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits"
+description: "Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 16"
+citation: "Maryland SB 16 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-10-31"
+last_action: "2026-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be07aece-add8-4db5-b55f-7fa0b1c856cf"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0016?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "6599b179b35f68ab9d219f763ff91c18a729b7b96af8f5673a7c2db4ce768f8a"
+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 16 (2026) — Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_868_sb0016e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0016e.pdf)
+3. **First - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0016f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0016t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 868 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be07aece-add8-4db5-b55f-7fa0b1c856cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+