---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Human Services - Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Information"
description: "Department of Human Services - Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 843"
citation: "Maryland HB 843 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Disclosure", "Human Services", "Department of", "Juvenile Causes", "Records", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d4dc36-4762-4673-9b07-460c5d47083b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB843&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "bef5201be2ec2373c02000dc409211ba56a918e8a2bd3743272091bc7a6a612a"
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 843 (2019) — Department of Human Services - Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Information

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0843f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Services) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2019-03-27** Hearing 4/02 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07d4dc36-4762-4673-9b07-460c5d47083b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).