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type: "Bill"
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title: "Family Law - Adoption of an Adult"
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description: "Family Law - Adoption of an Adult"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 243"
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citation: "Maryland HB 243 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Boyce"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-10-10"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48abf34-2454-4bca-ae15-b16869135cdb"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0243?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "2599e4dce0ce49ba7599ad0a01a20cd79adce372ef48929101ecea4f2d3a26c0"
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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 HB 243 (2025) — Family Law - Adoption of an Adult
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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 - Adoption of an Adult** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_501_hb0243t.pdf)
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2. **First - Family Law - Adoption of an Adult** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0243f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Family Law - Adoption of an Adult** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0243t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-10-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
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- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 `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/c48abf34-2454-4bca-ae15-b16869135cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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