---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)"
description: "Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Maryland SB 42 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec55b24-37e9-4bf3-88fd-cd975a2675c8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0042?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b6fb69f2a188b170d766ffd04862a4c2d20044fb47c5f5e772835ffbff18fa91"
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 42 (2023) — Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_404_sb0042t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0042f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0042t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 404 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aec55b24-37e9-4bf3-88fd-cd975a2675c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).