republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-1239.md

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Bill	Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action	Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 1239	Maryland SB 1239 (2018)	bill	Estates and Trusts Contracts Disabilities Diseases Emergency Bills Estates and Trusts Federal Government Health Immigrants and Citizenship Minors Notices Parents and Guardians Physicians Records Residency State Documents	enacted	Smith	1	16	3	2017-12-08	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/64660750-ab42-4a69-a4b4-af446f2b955b	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1239&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	564c4b4f4a19542fe34e2e0feee54751a4d8f611d8be284d9c27cd01399cac60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 1239 (2018) — Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — 134–3 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — 135–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-05 First Reading Senate Rules referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
• 2018-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Favorable with Amendments {168276/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 Rereferred to Judiciary
• 2018-04-09 Hearing 4/09 at 7:30 p.m.
• 2018-04-09 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-09 Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (134-3)
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (135-4) passage
• 2017-12-08 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64660750-ab42-4a69-a4b4-af446f2b955b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).