---
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: "SB 491"
citation: "Maryland SB 491 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Abuse", "Courts", "Crimes and Punishments", "Domestic Violence", "Penalties and Sentences", "Protection Orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/397f39c5-a42c-4a54-8631-cc2bf7f7f707"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB491&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "143d020434de37c3ad1443477cf115397157ea305ef4eba10c34622039c306d9"
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 491 (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/sb/sb0491f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {908077/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/397f39c5-a42c-4a54-8631-cc2bf7f7f707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).