---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records"
description: "Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Maryland HB 449 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/867c1818-7835-4ddc-8d03-7c887d149dc0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0449?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9eaf192528f40778b48872b6691ba3a2fc00b2d51b0fd35982c53b880863226c"
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 449 (2021) — Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_372_hb0449t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0449f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0449t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–27** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Parrott /213225/1 — **40–93** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-25** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Parrott) Adopted
- **2021-02-26** Motion Special Order until 3/2 (Delegate Parrott) Adopted
- **2021-03-02** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-02** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 372 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/867c1818-7835-4ddc-8d03-7c887d149dc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).