---
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: "SB 369"
citation: "Maryland SB 369 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d02d99-81b6-4356-8799-8f38681080c9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0369?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ff00ea71452d7af969e3b2d3d2594f9ea097f4c6f8fa72242f20bc870974d474"
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 369 (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_186_sb0369t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0369f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0369t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-22** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6d02d99-81b6-4356-8799-8f38681080c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).