---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Definitions"
description: "Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Definitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1263"
citation: "Maryland HB 1263 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Child Care", "Child Custody", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Parents and Guardians", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d02005db-c184-4506-907d-3c71cf30d711"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1263&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "ec3a4e8a2bfb44c85efd7e6eed5dbf42a3bfc4aa7abc3ea0665c09c306c6ed3f"
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 1263 (2017) — Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Definitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1263f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **132–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (132-4) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d02005db-c184-4506-907d-3c71cf30d711`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).