---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training"
description: "Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Maryland HB 9 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shetty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-23"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1090c897-dbe5-4072-bcb4-dc053584276d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0009?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "050c44d086e1e8d9b3890f992a962da66c8224d2233a5ba6b2dae2722192ff29"
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 9 (2021) — Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_84_hb0009t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0009f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0009t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 9 HB 39 HB 100 HB 289 HB 347 — **131–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/14 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Hearing 3/17 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1090c897-dbe5-4072-bcb4-dc053584276d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).