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type: "Bill"
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title: "Family Law - Grounds for Divorce"
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description: "Family Law - Grounds for Divorce"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 36"
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citation: "Maryland SB 36 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["West"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-11-01"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ffb0ee9-6fdb-4946-8c54-1bf49540a379"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0036?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "89c405d6ad05d98123b83d4fef83d8c76da39b71a2dd5e27c7078cf1d7d6b367"
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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 36 (2023) — Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
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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. **Chapter - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_645_sb0036t.pdf)
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2. **First - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0036f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Family Law - Grounds for Divorce** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0036t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- West — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-16** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-17** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-17** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Ready) Adopted
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- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-17** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 `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/3ffb0ee9-6fdb-4946-8c54-1bf49540a379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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