---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration"
description: "St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 526"
citation: "Maryland HB 526 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab3a6f6c-2020-489c-8db2-74801fd4cfb8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0526?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fa25f020ad1faff9d03a24eebabb9347a5646f6c5f8479431c28fb43677f84fe"
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 526 (2023) — St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_242_hb0526t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0526f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0526t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2023-04-07** Hearing 4/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-10** Hearing canceled
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab3a6f6c-2020-489c-8db2-74801fd4cfb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).