---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Child Welfare System - Reporting"
description: "State Child Welfare System - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Maryland HB 258 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-07-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e806fe3-b176-43ba-ab41-974a0f538841"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0258?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "155f60093204e9fc6109a34f957457a242df75548c1decd641cb986b6cff92d1"
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 258 (2021) — State Child Welfare System - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_315_hb0258e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0258e.pdf)
3. **First - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0258f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0258t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e806fe3-b176-43ba-ab41-974a0f538841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).