---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action"
description: "Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1239"
citation: "Maryland SB 1239 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Contracts", "Disabilities", "Diseases", "Emergency Bills", "Estates and Trusts", "Federal Government", "Health", "Immigrants and Citizenship", "Minors", "Notices", "Parents and Guardians", "Physicians", "Records", "Residency", "State Documents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64660750-ab42-4a69-a4b4-af446f2b955b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1239&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "564c4b4f4a19542fe34e2e0feee54751a4d8f611d8be284d9c27cd01399cac60"
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 1239 (2018) — Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1239f.pdf)

## Votes

- Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — **134–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **135–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {168276/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 7:30 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (134-3)
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (135-4) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64660750-ab42-4a69-a4b4-af446f2b955b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).