---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications"
description: "Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "Maryland HB 234 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson", "J. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b31eb151-521a-4e58-af05-651b441e5807"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0234?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "395d9bf5e720dd02914819acdb6a11aaaaaf6b7fcf42d39ab5592a6ff0be6b92"
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 234 (2020) — Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_121_hb0234t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0234f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0234t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 121 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b31eb151-521a-4e58-af05-651b441e5807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).