---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Divorce - Domestic Violence Order"
description: "Family Law - Divorce - Domestic Violence Order"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Maryland HB 293 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Divorce", "Domestic Violence", "Evidence", "Protection Orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595585bd-9d54-465a-b8c8-e300ae5c9680"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB293&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0013f6592677bd8177f87a4be3994d261183f9c00ccd443ce1f0cddb09bac7e9"
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 293 (2017) — Family Law - Divorce - Domestic Violence Order

## 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/hb0293f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/595585bd-9d54-465a-b8c8-e300ae5c9680`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).