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type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Parentage and Adoption"
description: "Family Law - Parentage and Adoption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 519"
citation: "Maryland HB 519 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874d3278-4d43-4bfa-81a2-422f60512137"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB519&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "aece2ffa9bf8161da5956a05dbbb95d999f5cac51c051b16ffdd58f91730990f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0519f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1336** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **3114** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **3213** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1304** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874d3278-4d43-4bfa-81a2-422f60512137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).