---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children in Need of Assistance – Custody and Guardianship and Review Hearings"
description: "Children in Need of Assistance – Custody and Guardianship and Review Hearings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Maryland SB 203 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-05"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3712d514-bc4b-4ce9-87a0-d26c9e82b145"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0203?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "280a4348d76ff80fcbb6a43fad9ab60f36b72c6b09d193d97fbd954887bb732e"
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 203 (2022) — Children in Need of Assistance – Custody and Guardianship and Review Hearings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Children in Need of Assistance – Custody and Guardianship and Review Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_228_sb0203t.pdf)
2. **First - Children in Need of Assistance – Custody and Guardianship and Review Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0203f.pdf)
3. **Third - Children in Need of Assistance – Custody and Guardianship and Review Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0203t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/13 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 228 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3712d514-bc4b-4ce9-87a0-d26c9e82b145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).