---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report"
description: "Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Maryland SB 568 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Family Law", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Crimes and Punishments", "Disclosure", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Reports", "Statutes of Limitation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d2e387f-5776-479d-8908-e535d8407a17"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB568&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "6076e0c00cfd95d9aa68ea9edc7101247b9dd567ad775a5298dfc095da1ec2f3"
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 568 (2019) — Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report

## 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/sb0568f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {438172/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {542513/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 53 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d2e387f-5776-479d-8908-e535d8407a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).