---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children in Need of Assistance - Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Definition"
description: "Children in Need of Assistance - Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 672"
citation: "Maryland HB 672 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c7988f-426c-4893-8225-16bf87dff023"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0672?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "917f315e2692cc8e832e0288e1838befaac7d14bb4e7493ccde2b224d04ca556"
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 672 (2020) — Children in Need of Assistance - Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Children in Need of Assistance - Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_296_hb0672t.pdf)
2. **First - Children in Need of Assistance - Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0672f.pdf)
3. **Third - Children in Need of Assistance - Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0672t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 296 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c7988f-426c-4893-8225-16bf87dff023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).