---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings"
description: "Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "Maryland HB 1207 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Children", "Foster Care", "Health", "Mental and Behavioral Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2238442-0be4-46c3-b967-06fddc595b6d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1207&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "805feb60071290c229d8e183a5cbbf5193ec4c7ef9641e5c758d128c5d305438"
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 1207 (2017) — Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1207f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {322312/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-13** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {798877/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2238442-0be4-46c3-b967-06fddc595b6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).