---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup to Study Child Custody Court Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations"
description: "Workgroup to Study Child Custody Court Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 567"
citation: "Maryland SB 567 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Child Custody", "Committees and Commissions", "Courts", "Domestic Violence", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Reports", "Sunset", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19a6cd7a-6eed-42f4-a7f9-9f2782c77086"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB567&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "71fec0c224232d6a82aecc26a6b9afa91d2c348db223c450de10f1f9dd1f0e19"
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 567 (2019) — Workgroup to Study Child Custody Court Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations

## 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/sb0567f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse Receded) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 3/06 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {618476/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2019-04-02** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {362914/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-08** Senators Lee, West, and Cassilly
- **2019-04-08** Motion Recede (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2019-04-08** House Recede
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19a6cd7a-6eed-42f4-a7f9-9f2782c77086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).