---
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: "SB 1006"
citation: "Maryland SB 1006 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Hettleman", "Smith", "Sydnor", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bff0b73d-73b1-4006-96ed-89f7e5af53c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1006?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5702a6b51cce9122599d566cd194f2a87ae51f8e549bc67136b2badd1ab4f999"
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 1006 (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_122_sb1006e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1006e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1006f.pdf)
4. **Third - Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1006t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **114–21** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **102–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2020-02-26** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 122 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bff0b73d-73b1-4006-96ed-89f7e5af53c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).