---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Child Conceived Without Consent - Termination of Parental Rights (Rape Survivor Family Protection Act)"
description: "Family Law - Child Conceived Without Consent - Termination of Parental Rights (Rape Survivor Family Protection Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Maryland SB 2 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Courts", "Family Law", "Legal Aid", "Notices", "Privacy", "Records", "Sexual Offenses", "Statutes of Limitation", "Support of Dependents", "Trials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-08-15"
last_action: "2018-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf0a0b69-abf3-4a3a-af4b-99870ff69809"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB2&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6a0ae8b6cc4d0c0adb26793454f3080fd573605afc2e0aac743ad156815832eb"
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 2 (2018) — Family Law - Child Conceived Without Consent - Termination of Parental Rights (Rape Survivor Family Protection Act)

## 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/sb/sb0002f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with 2 amendments — **21–26** (fail) · upper
- Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Hearing 1/11 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2018-01-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** Favorable with Amendments {488777/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** Floor Amendment {923729/1 (Senator Bates) Rejected (21-26) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-26** Floor Amendment {953527/1 (Senator Feldman) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-26** Floor Amendment {233522/1 (Senator Benson) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-01-30** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-09** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Dumais) Adopted (132-0)
- **2018-02-09** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Returned Passed
- **2018-02-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf0a0b69-abf3-4a3a-af4b-99870ff69809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).