---
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: "SB 85"
citation: "Maryland SB 85 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Children", "Foster Care", "Health", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-04"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/884a4607-f418-40a0-950b-1df8cf65ffa9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB85&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "6afae3920ab9f46258e4a53a98ec69ea1d0e9726ce0bb39df75bf7c445f6382d"
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 85 (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/sb/sb0085f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {848473/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/884a4607-f418-40a0-950b-1df8cf65ffa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).