---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Domestic Violence - Permanent Protective Orders"
description: "Family Law - Domestic Violence - Permanent Protective Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "Maryland HB 1303 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Abuse", "Courts", "Crimes and Punishments", "Domestic Violence", "Penalties and Sentences", "Protection Orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1245a6a-a967-4a40-bec6-0c1a41f10875"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1303&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "009b91c9849baf9aa73b4eb5f450fdcec77b8ebda3449a6c1ee13c891bc5a547"
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 1303 (2018) — Family Law - Domestic Violence - Permanent Protective Orders

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1303f.pdf)

## Votes

- Favorable — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Second Reading Passed (41-0)
- **2018-03-27** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1245a6a-a967-4a40-bec6-0c1a41f10875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).