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MD SB 222

died on adjournment

Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did MD SB 222 pass?

No. MD SB 222 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-06): Referred Judiciary

What is MD SB 222 about?

MD SB 222 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications”.

Who sponsors MD SB 222?

West, Waldstreicher, Smith and 2 others are the primary sponsors of MD SB 222.

Introduced
2025-09-08
Latest action
2026-03-06 — Referred Judiciary
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Westprimary
  • Waldstreicherprimary
  • Smithprimary
  • Foldenprimary
  • Carozzaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-09-08

    Pre-filed

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-14

    First Reading Judicial Proceedings

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-13

    Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.

  4. 2026-03-02

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-03-03

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-03-03

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  7. 2026-03-05

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  8. 2026-03-06

    Referred Judiciary

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Third - Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - QualificationsCompare
  • First - Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - QualificationsCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-02-22 · pass · 43-0

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Feldman: yes
    • Hester: yes
    • Lewis Young: yes
    • Simonaire: yes
    • Attar: yes
    • Folden: yes
    • Hettleman: yes
    • Love: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Augustine: yes
    • Gallion: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Mautz: yes
    • Sydnor: yes
    • Bailey: yes
    • Gile: yes
    • James: yes
    • McCray: yes
    • Waldstreicher: yes
    • Beidle: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Jennings: yes
    • McKay: yes
    • Washington, A.: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Kagan: yes
    • Muse: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Carozza: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Ready: yes
    • West: yes
    • Corderman: yes
    • Henson: yes
    • Kramer: yes
    • Salling: yes
    • Zucker: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hershey: yes
    • Lam: yes
    • Benson: absent
    • Charles: absent
    • Rosapepe: absent
    • Washington, M.: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: SB 25not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: HB 137

Official source

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0222?ys=2026RS

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:23:32.621655Z

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