---
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: "SB 488"
citation: "Maryland SB 488 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76753680-955e-49ec-8ca2-ebb3524e4f25"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0488?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3e394ddc1f6276cdc9e23f68b2c179aff9128ad53b677da03fbaea284d13a128"
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 488 (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_373_sb0488t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0488f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Marriage - Licenses and Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0488t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 373 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76753680-955e-49ec-8ca2-ebb3524e4f25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).