republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-293.md

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Bill	Family Law - Divorce - Domestic Violence Order	Family Law - Divorce - Domestic Violence Order	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 293	Maryland HB 293 (2017)	bill	Family Law Divorce Domestic Violence Evidence Protection Orders	enacted	Dumais	1	13	2	2017-01-24	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/595585bd-9d54-465a-b8c8-e300ae5c9680	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB293&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	0013f6592677bd8177f87a4be3994d261183f9c00ccd443ce1f0cddb09bac7e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 293 (2017) — Family Law - Divorce - Domestic Violence Order

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 — 47–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 136–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dumais — primary (person)
• Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
• Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
• Morales — cosponsor (person)
• Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-02-27 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-28 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-28 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-03-02 Third Reading Passed (136-0) passage
• 2017-03-03 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-04-07 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-10 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-10 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/595585bd-9d54-465a-b8c8-e300ae5c9680. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).