---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Child Welfare System - Reporting"
description: "State Child Welfare System - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 592"
citation: "Maryland SB 592 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba182461-2ca2-46be-a8ef-dc2eabed7c04"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0592?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "403b3b8e43dad1d9efb8ed894dbe289a2a6882f19e0afd671419a887846712b3"
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 592 (2021) — State Child Welfare System - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_316_sb0592t.pdf)
2. **First - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0592f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0592t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-15** Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba182461-2ca2-46be-a8ef-dc2eabed7c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).