---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program"
description: "Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "Maryland HB 646 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81e3c31f-43e7-4af6-9460-11c87ebfc822"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0646?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "294c0ad227a52aa4e2eb9b922ed31e9e5202363d9636fa48accfab2c6a313742"
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 646 (2021) — Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_185_hb0646t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0646f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0646t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** 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
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 185 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81e3c31f-43e7-4af6-9460-11c87ebfc822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).