republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-491.md

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Bill	Family Law – Domestic Violence – Permanent Protective Orders	Family Law – Domestic Violence – Permanent Protective Orders	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 491	Maryland SB 491 (2018)	bill	Family Law Abuse Courts Crimes and Punishments Domestic Violence Penalties and Sentences Protection Orders	enacted	Kelley	1	14	2	2018-01-29	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/397f39c5-a42c-4a54-8631-cc2bf7f7f707	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB491&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	143d020434de37c3ad1443477cf115397157ea305ef4eba10c34622039c306d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 491 (2018) — Family Law – Domestic Violence – Permanent Protective Orders

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 — 138–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kelley — primary (person)
• Brochin — cosponsor (person)
• Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
• Hough — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Muse — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
• Norman — cosponsor (person)
• Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Ready — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)
• Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
• Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-29 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-02-26 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-27 Favorable with Amendments {908077/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-27 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-01 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-03-02 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-07 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/397f39c5-a42c-4a54-8631-cc2bf7f7f707. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).