---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration"
description: "Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Maryland HB 497 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moon", "Moreno", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592710a2-2772-42ad-bfd6-5f11bc9e940a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0497?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d4422a516bb6852d02874542471d32411eaa067176af232456ef4cbbe209c334"
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 497 (2026) — Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_791_hb0497e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0497e.pdf)
3. **First - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration and Relief** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0497f.pdf)
4. **Third - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0497t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moon — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 791 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592710a2-2772-42ad-bfd6-5f11bc9e940a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).