---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information"
description: "Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 542"
citation: "Maryland HB 542 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crutchfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00043af3-835d-4b1c-9910-9b796a08d5f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0542?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b57a979d823a558da105e5e1c804974b77c6f84687d6fef4c01df1809e11bd1"
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 542 (2025) — Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_500_hb0542t.pdf)
2. **First - Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0542f.pdf)
3. **Third - Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0542t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crutchfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00043af3-835d-4b1c-9910-9b796a08d5f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).