republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-1207.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings	Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 1207	Maryland HB 1207 (2017)	bill	Family Law Children Foster Care Health Mental and Behavioral Health	enacted	Pena-Melnyk	1	15	3	2017-02-09	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b2238442-0be4-46c3-b967-06fddc595b6d	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1207&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	805feb60071290c229d8e183a5cbbf5193ec4c7ef9641e5c758d128c5d305438	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1207 (2017) — Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 141–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• Cullison — cosponsor (person)
• K. Young — cosponsor (person)
• Krimm — cosponsor (person)
• Lierman — cosponsor (person)
• Morales — cosponsor (person)
• P. Young — cosponsor (person)
• Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
• Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-07 Favorable with Amendments {322312/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-13 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2017-03-15 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Favorable with Amendments {798877/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (141-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2238442-0be4-46c3-b967-06fddc595b6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).