republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-85.md

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Bill	Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings	Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 85	Maryland SB 85 (2017)	bill	Family Law Children Foster Care Health Mental and Behavioral Health Social Services	enacted	Conway	1	15	2	2016-11-04	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/884a4607-f418-40a0-950b-1df8cf65ffa9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB85&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	6afae3920ab9f46258e4a53a98ec69ea1d0e9726ce0bb39df75bf7c445f6382d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 85 (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 — 140–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Conway — primary (person)
• Brochin — cosponsor (person)
• Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
• Hough — cosponsor (person)
• Kelley — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Muse — cosponsor (person)
• Norman — cosponsor (person)
• Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Ready — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-04 Pre-filed introduction
• 2017-01-11 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-01-04 Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-13 Favorable with Amendments {848473/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-13 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-15 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2017-03-15 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-16 Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-04-07 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (140-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/884a4607-f418-40a0-950b-1df8cf65ffa9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).