---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law – Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect – Preliminary Report to State’s Attorney"
description: "Family Law – Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect – Preliminary Report to State’s Attorney"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "Maryland SB 267 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ca304b0-6cc5-4ccd-9ef9-b7a97f099171"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0267?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "72995ce4628fc4be01ab5269355522802995c24c2f52a7b4dd96c1781747853e"
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 267 (2021) — Family Law – Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect – Preliminary Report to State’s Attorney

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law – Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect – Preliminary Report to State’s Attorney** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_129_sb0267t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law – Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect – Preliminary Report to State’s Attorney** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0267f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law – Investigation of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect – Preliminary Report to State’s Attorney** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0267t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **40–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-04** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/14 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ca304b0-6cc5-4ccd-9ef9-b7a97f099171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).