---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Definitions"
description: "Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Definitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 996"
citation: "Maryland SB 996 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Child Care", "Child Custody", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Parents and Guardians", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee and Muse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f8e4405-34d6-4120-8d20-9980c6664d3c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB996&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "26c73fa8b460e8411e36e7535af66f657a7c45010a913706d9c0b4732c97476a"
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 996 (2017) — Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Definitions

## 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/sb0996f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lee and Muse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-04-04** Hearing 4/05 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
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (135-2) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f8e4405-34d6-4120-8d20-9980c6664d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).