---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act"
description: "Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "Maryland HB 267 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f447530-0bec-4d18-a47f-4d1ae933a615"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0267?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e8d4dc41f9e612d15f4a4bb8b0a789021a6829b911d0591571ffc3394e786e85"
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 267 (2023) — Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_761_hb0267t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Custody and Visitation - Notice of Intent to Travel (Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0267f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0267t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f447530-0bec-4d18-a47f-4d1ae933a615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).