republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-519.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	Family Law - Parentage and Adoption	Family Law - Parentage and Adoption	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 519	Maryland HB 519 (2019)	bill	Family Law Adoption - see also- Parents and Guardians Chemical Tests Child Custody Courts Death Domestic Partnerships and Civil Unions Estates and Trusts Family Law Genetics Health Care Facilities Health Occupations Hearings Investigations and Inquiries Marriage Medical Treatments Minors Notices Parents and Guardians Paternity Pregnancy Records Reproductive Matters Rules and Regulations Spouses Support of Dependents Vital Records	enacted	Dumais	1	18	4	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/874d3278-4d43-4bfa-81a2-422f60512137	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB519&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	aece2ffa9bf8161da5956a05dbbb95d999f5cac51c051b16ffdd58f91730990f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 519 (2019) — Family Law - Parentage and Adoption

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 and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 133–6 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 31–14 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 32–13 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 130–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dumais — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
• 2019-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {472419/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (130-4) passage
• 2019-03-18 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Favorable with Amendments {708576/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (31-14) passage
• 2019-04-02 Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
• 2019-04-02 Floor Amendment {273127/1 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (32-13) passage
• 2019-04-04 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2019-04-04 Third Reading Passed (133-6) passage
• 2019-04-04 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/874d3278-4d43-4bfa-81a2-422f60512137. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).