---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court"
description: "Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Maryland SB 272 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Courts", "Developmental Disabilities", "Education", "Health", "Health and Mental Hygiene", "Department of", "Hearings", "Human Rights", "Judicial Review", "Jurisdiction", "Juvenile Causes", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Minors", "Parents and Guardians", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb564251-e487-4836-9916-2d551aa72862"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB272&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "8c361de30f93b14ff1e706ecca3ec5f1babd51203533f806ab4ccae640bbab3c"
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 272 (2017) — Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court

## 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/sb/sb0272t.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **130–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {588277/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (130-7) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb564251-e487-4836-9916-2d551aa72862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).