republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-793.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

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Bill	Family Law - Divorce - Restoration of Former Name	Family Law - Divorce - Restoration of Former Name	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 793	Maryland HB 793 (2017)	bill	Family Law Courts Divorce Names	enacted	Angel and Malone	1	13	2	2017-02-03	2017-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ffdc87e4-98ea-4759-a0d2-57cae3445fe4	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB793&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	180cafcaff3c0a2a780d01f5446f9c5f2ccbce5064cea0428c75aca41c93b930	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 793 (2017) — Family Law - Divorce - Restoration of Former Name

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 — 138–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Angel and Malone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-03 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-13 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-03-15 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2017-03-16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-07 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffdc87e4-98ea-4759-a0d2-57cae3445fe4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).