---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal"
description: "Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 764"
citation: "Maryland HB 764 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Family Law", "Bonds", "Courts", "Health and Mental Hygiene", "Department of", "Liability", "Negligence", "State's Attorneys", "Support of Dependents", "Vulnerable Adults"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f11b7d2c-5d38-4f49-a327-8b9a26bd5851"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB764&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "92d9d35cc2b5c7cf6a7e1c242fbb8e779b144410fe3fcc221b81e7224e8c1d8e"
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 764 (2017) — Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal

## 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/hb0764f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–30** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **116–19** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {256882/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (108-30) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {898972/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (116-19) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f11b7d2c-5d38-4f49-a327-8b9a26bd5851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).