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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)"
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description: "Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)"
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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: "HB 440"
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citation: "Maryland HB 440 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Charles", "Conaway", "Kaufman", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-01-30"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8748d45b-9f6a-4253-a2b5-3aaf35261a94"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0440?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "5c783e8980d7fbec01cfca0346e2534bdce4873c96baef93a52f6d8001494f62"
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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 440 (2023) — Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)
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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 - Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_403_hb0440t.pdf)
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2. **First - Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0440f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0440t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Charles — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-30** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403 `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/8748d45b-9f6a-4253-a2b5-3aaf35261a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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