---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage"
description: "Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "Maryland SB 668 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Folden", "James", "Kelly", "McKay", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2a5c6ea-5c82-45dc-9212-5a838c71df62"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0668?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "86ca916408d9e1c31fa0fbf6968a04e063b3c3e71ad6cfb9a61878f94cc0cf41"
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 668 (2024) — Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_345_sb0668t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0668f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0668t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2a5c6ea-5c82-45dc-9212-5a838c71df62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).