---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Grounds for Divorce"
description: "Family Law - Grounds for Divorce"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 14"
citation: "Maryland HB 14 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-11"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36425598-7041-4032-8950-cd10c4867cfe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0014?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2dd86528ca56dbf6583555967e709d9d8543bf1419eec6fb046fcb2caec66c29"
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 14 (2023) — Family Law - Grounds for Divorce

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_646_hb0014e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0014e.pdf)
3. **First - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0014f.pdf)
4. **Third - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0014t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36425598-7041-4032-8950-cd10c4867cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).