---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Human Resources - Public Assistance Eligibility - Financial Records"
description: "Department of Human Resources - Public Assistance Eligibility - Financial Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "Maryland SB 671 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Social Services - Generally", "Fiduciaries", "Financial Institutions", "Human Resources", "Department of", "Long-Term Care", "Medical Assistance", "Real Property", "Records", "Rules and Regulations", "Social Services", "Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e52f862-b39b-4a00-997d-6f526512e25b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB671&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "77e263213a1671ff424da15a864e2d798e913ff7b9be5276f86ea00f8edd765b"
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 671 (2017) — Department of Human Resources - Public Assistance Eligibility - Financial Records

## 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/sb0671f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {877379/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e52f862-b39b-4a00-997d-6f526512e25b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).