---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paternity Proceedings - Attorney for the Child Support Administration"
description: "Paternity Proceedings - Attorney for the Child Support Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Maryland SB 1 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Attorneys", "Human Services", "Department of", "Paternity", "State's Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-10-29"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a500813e-1c8e-4117-8365-390a8fc380cc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "04b234bd8dde1462777b0189afda8949d7024ed7db906b5f31ef247842591808"
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 1 (2019) — Paternity Proceedings - Attorney for the Child Support Administration

## 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/sb/sb0001f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-01-25** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-01-31** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-01** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 76 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a500813e-1c8e-4117-8365-390a8fc380cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).