republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-697.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	SB 697	Maryland SB 697 (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	Smith	1	16	3	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/fbdb2687-aa1c-4c6f-8d8f-61b35e880eae	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB697&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	c715e8e49b915ee7fdcdde85cbd5fa0fc0c3146ea39d0b35abcd533e6a02f0ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 697 (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 — 121–15 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 34–10 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 33–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)
• Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
• Kagan — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
• Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Hearing 3/06 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments {828074/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (33-13) passage
• 2019-03-19 First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
• 2019-04-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Favorable with Amendments {352218/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-03 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (121-15) passage
• 2019-04-05 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2019-04-05 Third Reading Passed (34-10) passage
• 2019-04-05 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbdb2687-aa1c-4c6f-8d8f-61b35e880eae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).