---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse"
description: "Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1191"
citation: "Maryland HB 1191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Embry", "Kaufman", "Moon", "Munoz", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Schmidt", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8002a797-fb7a-4e71-8cf6-0b5bc426af0c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1191?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "806382ebe31fb9d23e7bdce472751300324b336945bb80d3bdf189acda8f896e"
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 1191 (2023) — Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_707_hb1191t.pdf)
2. **First - Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1191f.pdf)
3. **Third - Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1191t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8002a797-fb7a-4e71-8cf6-0b5bc426af0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).