---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act"
description: "Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 383"
citation: "Maryland SB 383 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKay"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/511517f7-aac6-4ebd-abb5-8a129af75da3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0383?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a9e2d74bf20708ba9cdfdf8b092e5b23413c0ed831287f4a54670084b1e49991"
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 383 (2023) — Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_760_sb0383e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0383e.pdf)
3. **First - Family Law - Custody and Visitation - Notice of Intent to Travel (Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0383f.pdf)
4. **Third - Family Law - Custody and Visitation - Notice of Intent to Travel (Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0383t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 760 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/511517f7-aac6-4ebd-abb5-8a129af75da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).