---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Marriage of Minors"
description: "Family Law - Marriage of Minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "Maryland HB 83 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-07-23"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20cb3edb-51fe-4e61-a0a3-891f5f897009"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0083?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d4a7845a04f501153b775527bbddc21b0c8c9cb52dcc7fba0124818b35d8b86e"
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 83 (2022) — Family Law - Marriage of Minors

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Marriage of Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_175_hb0083e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Marriage of Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0083e.pdf)
3. **First - Family Law – Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0083f.pdf)
4. **Third - Family Law - Authorization for a Minor to Marry** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0083t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **113–15** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **100–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2022-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Bartlett and Shetty)
- **2022-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2022-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Bartlett and Shetty)
- **2022-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Carter and Hough)
- **2022-04-08** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Carter and Hough)
- **2022-04-09** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20cb3edb-51fe-4e61-a0a3-891f5f897009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).