---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits"
description: "Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Maryland SB 16 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-31"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be07aece-add8-4db5-b55f-7fa0b1c856cf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0016?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6599b179b35f68ab9d219f763ff91c18a729b7b96af8f5673a7c2db4ce768f8a"
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 16 (2026) — Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_868_sb0016e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0016e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0016f.pdf)
4. **Third - Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0016t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 868 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be07aece-add8-4db5-b55f-7fa0b1c856cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).