---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund"
description: "Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Maryland SB 439 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kelly", "Salling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9851cda-4948-4cfb-92ce-e488e6706e5f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0439?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "30363da325f1c8ce8da1609a85eb5f577688e3c4db87832a129d9a96900b9e9c"
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 439 (2024) — Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_767_sb0439t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0439f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0439t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9851cda-4948-4cfb-92ce-e488e6706e5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).