---
type: "Bill"
title: "Families Serve Act of 2024"
description: "Families Serve Act of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Maryland SB 478 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Charles", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Folden", "Gallion", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "James", "Klausmeier", "Lam", "Mautz", "McKay", "President", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6a027f2-ed59-435e-8dd1-5bf107093e8c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0478?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "307cc8a757f632008d047daafc407a63d630c2516803021b505bcfbdbae31dd9"
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 478 (2024) — Families Serve Act of 2024

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_6_sb0478e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0478e.pdf)
3. **First - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0478f.pdf)
4. **Third - Families Serve Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0478t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6a027f2-ed59-435e-8dd1-5bf107093e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).