republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-83.md

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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	SB 83	Maryland SB 83 (2017)	bill	Family Law Courts Divorce Names	enacted	Kagan	1	15	2	2016-11-03	2017-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3613fc27-780d-4aa5-ae15-ccde3884a067	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB83&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	1494e3ab53011acdd98557418ae93bd4ed7df8aa752836e26e88e358c423c1a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 83 (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 — 45–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kagan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-03 Pre-filed introduction
• 2017-01-11 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-01-04 Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-01-30 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-31 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-31 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-02-02 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2017-02-03 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-31 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-04 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2017-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3613fc27-780d-4aa5-ae15-ccde3884a067. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).