republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-1368.md

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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	Grounds for Divorce - 12-Month Separation - Oral Amendment to Application for Divorce	Grounds for Divorce - 12-Month Separation - Oral Amendment to Application for Divorce	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 1368	Maryland HB 1368 (2018)	bill	Family Law Courts Divorce Hearings	enacted	McMillan and Dumais	1	22	3	2018-02-09	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/b7ca795f-ad74-4238-9db4-cda7cd3f3357	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1368&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	ea2dc8944e137c3a325ce733eac2b5f8594d033276027667c4eb70e5439535d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1368 (2018) — Grounds for Divorce - 12-Month Separation - Oral Amendment to Application for Divorce

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• On third reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 127–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McMillan and Dumais — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-09 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-12 Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {912216/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (127-8) passage
• 2018-03-19 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments {218170/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) passage
• 2018-04-06 House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2018-04-06 House Requests Senate Recede
• 2018-04-06 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2018-04-06 Delegates Dumais, Malone, and Atterbeary
• 2018-04-09 Motion Recede (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
• 2018-04-09 Committee Amendment {218170/1 Withdrawn
• 2018-04-09 Senate Recede
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2018-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 782 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7ca795f-ad74-4238-9db4-cda7cd3f3357. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).