---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges"
description: "Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Maryland SB 17 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-28"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a395270-fb5f-468b-a6e4-eed7583d9b2f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0017?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "424bdca52da0cb5562d0f115355a2311bc60ca98e431505c197dece1b50f1f94"
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 17 (2022) — Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_351_sb0017e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0017e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0017f.pdf)
4. **Third - Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0017t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `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** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a395270-fb5f-468b-a6e4-eed7583d9b2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).