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type: "Bill"
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title: "Family Law - Parentage and Adoption"
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description: "Family Law - Parentage and Adoption"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 697"
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citation: "Maryland SB 697 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbdb2687-aa1c-4c6f-8d8f-61b35e880eae"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB697&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "c715e8e49b915ee7fdcdde85cbd5fa0fc0c3146ea39d0b35abcd533e6a02f0ee"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 697 (2019) — Family Law - Parentage and Adoption
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0697f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **121–15** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **34–10** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
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- Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Hearing 3/06 at 12:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {828074/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (33-13) `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
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- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {352218/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (121-15) `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (34-10) `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbdb2687-aa1c-4c6f-8d8f-61b35e880eae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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