HB 165 Delegate Dumais Family Law - Grounds for Limited Divorce Altering a specified ground for limited divorce by repealing a requirement that separation of the parties be voluntary and without a reasonable expectation of reconciliation; and repealing a specified condition precedent to granting a decree of limited divorce. 2/26/2015 Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/3/2015 Third Reading Passed In the House: 4/4/2015 Returned Passed HB 220 (SB 273) Delegates Dumais, Kittleman, and Moon Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc. 2/2/2015 Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. HB 224 (SB 315) Delegates Dumais, Anderson, Moon, Morales, and Smith Domestic Violence - 2-Year Protective Order Specifying that a court may issue a protective order for a period not to exceed 2 years by consent of the respondent under specified circumstances. 3/15/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 3/29/2015 Reading Passed In the House: 3/31/2015 Returned Passed HB 225 (SB 269) Delegates Dumais, Anderson, Angel, Domestic Violence - Additional Relief Expanding the relief that may be awarded in an interim protective order to include any other relief that a District Court 3/19/2015 Third Reading Passed
Atterbeary, Hettleman, Jalisi, Kittleman, McComas, Moon, Morales, Rosenberg, Smith, Waldstreicher, and B. Wilson commissioner determines is appropriate; and expanding the relief that may be awarded in a temporary protective order and a final protective order to include any other relief that a judge determines is appropriate. The Senate amendment removes interim and temporary protective orders from the bill. The enrolled version applies to final protective orders only. In the Senate: 4/3/2015 Reading Passed with Amendments In the House: 4/6/2015 House Concur - Senate Amendments 4/6/2015 Third Reading Passed Passed Enrolled HB 227 Delegates Atterbeary, B. Barnes, Barve, Branch, Campos, Carter, Clippinger, Davis, Dumais, Folden, Frush, Glenn, Hayes, Haynes, Hill, Jackson, Jalisi, Kaiser, Kelly, Kipke, McComas, McCray, McIntosh, Moon, Morales, Morhaim, Oaks, Smith, Tarlau, Vaughn, Walker, A. Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment, trespass, and malicious destruction of property under specified provisions of law if the person eligible for relief has not resided with the respondent for at least 7 days before the filing of the petition. Under § 4-501(b)(1), definitions of “abuse”: “(VII) harassment under § 3-803 of the Criminal Law Article if the person eligible for relief has not resided with the respondent for at least 7 days before the filing of the petition; (VIII) trespass under Title 6, Subtitle 4 of the Criminal Law Article if the person eligible for relief has not resided with the respondent for at least 7 days before the filing of the petition; or (IX) malicious destruction of property under § 6-301 of the Criminal Law Article if the person eligible for relief has not resided with the respondent for at least 7 days before the filing of the petition.” 4/10/2015 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Washington, M. Washington, P. Young, and Zucker HB 263 Delegates Angel, Atterbeary, Dumais, Kelly, McComas, and Rey Domestic Violence - Permanent Protective Orders - Conspiracy or Solicitation to Commit Murder Expanding the circumstances under which a court is required to issue a permanent final protective order to include the conviction of an individual for conspiracy or solicitation to commit murder under specified circumstances. 3/19/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/5/2015 Third Reading Passed In the House: 4/8/2015 Returned Passed HB 346 Delegates Morales, Pena-Melnyk, Angel, Atterbeary, D. Barnes, Campos, Carter, Chang, Dumais, Frick, Jackson, Kipke, Kittleman, Moon, Patterson, Platt, Smith, Sydnor, Vallario, Waldstreicher, Walker, A. Washington, and K. Young Court Personnel - Altering References from Master to Magistrate Altering references to the term "master" to "magistrate" in specified provisions of law. 3/12/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/5/2015 Reading Passed In the 4/6/2015 House Concur - Senate Amendments Reading Passed Passed Enrolled HB 348 (SB 468) Delegates Rosenberg and Dumais Civil Right to Counsel - Implementation Requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for each fiscal year a specified appropriation to provide representation to parties in protective order proceedings; establishing a Judicare Pilot Program to 3/16/2015 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
provide legal representation to income-eligible parents in contested custody and visitation proceedings in specified jurisdictions; requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for each fiscal year a specified appropriation to fund the pilot program; etc. HB 350 Delegates Dumais, Rey, and C. Wilson Child Custody and Visitation - Deployed Parents Prohibiting a court, in any child custody or visitation proceeding, from making any negative inference regarding a parent's past, present, or future deployment; altering specified provisions relating to expedited hearings; authorizing a party or witness who is subject to deployment to provide testimony and present evidence by electronic means or by telephone under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to grant custody or visitation on behalf of a deployed parent to another individual under specified circumstances; etc. 2/5/2015 Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. HB 390 (SB 270) Delegates Atterbeary, Barkley, Carter, Chang, Dumais, Ebersole, Gutierrez, Hayes, Hill, Jalisi, Kittleman, Lam, Lierman, McCray, Moon, Morales, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Platt, B. Robinson, Smith, Sydnor, Protective and Peace Order Petitions - Maryland Residents Authorizing the filing of a protective order petition if the abuse is alleged to have occurred in the State or if the person eligible for relief is a resident of the State; and authorizing the filing of a peace order petition if a specified act is alleged to have occurred in the State or if the petitioner is a resident of the State. The amendment doesn’t change the intent, to allow residents of Maryland to petition for peace or protective orders even if the abuse didn’t occur in Maryland. It added a lot of language about foreign protective orders and full faith and credit. 3/15/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/5/2015 Third Reading Passed with Amendments In the House: 4/9/2015 House Concur - Senate Amendments Third Reading Passed Passed Enrolled
Turner, Valderrama, C. Wilson, and K. Young HB 474 Delegates B. Robinson, Carr, Carter, Cluster, Frush, Glenn, Hill, Holmes, Jalisi, Korman, McDonough, Smith, and K. Young Family Law - Grandparent Visitation Altering the circumstances under which an equity court may grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child. 3/16/2015 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary HB 492 Delegates Afzali, Aumann, Carozza, Ciliberti, Ghrist, Hornberger, Impallaria, Kipke, Krebs, Long, McConkey, McDonough, McKay, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Szeliga, Vitale, Vogt, and B. Wilson Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed unprofessional conduct; etc. 2/11/2015 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. HB 503 (SB 78) Delegates Dumais, Anderson, Angel, Atterbeary, Barkley, B. Barnes, Barve, Branch, Campos, Carr, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Rape Survivor Family Protection Act Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to consider a specified statement when making a specified finding; prohibiting a court from requiring publication of 2/11/2015 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Reznik, Rosenberg, Smith, Sydnor, Tarlau, and M. Washington who is judicially determined to be a de facto parent has specified duties, rights, and obligations; etc. HB 606 (SB 477) Delegates Dumais, Angel, Atterbeary, Barve, Campos, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Gilchrist, Glenn, Hettleman, Hixson, Jalisi, Kelly, Kramer, Krebs, McComas, Metzgar, A. Miller, Moon, Pendergrass, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Smith, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and B. Wilson Domestic Violence - Persons Eligible for Relief Altering, for specified purposes relating to domestic violence, the definition of "person eligible for relief" to include an individual who has had a sexual relationship with the respondent. 4/9/2015 Third Reading Passed (SB 477 was passed enrolled.) HB 807 (SB 277) Delegates Glass, Dumais, Vallario, Anderton, Atterbeary, Aumann, Buckel, Fisher, Ghrist, Jacobs, Kaiser, Kipke, Kittleman, Krebs, Long, McComas, McDonough, McKay, Family Law - Protective Orders - Additional Relief Authorizing a judge in a final protective order to order the respondent to remain a specified distance away from the residence, place of employment, school, or temporary residence of a person eligible for relief. 3/19/2015 Reading Passed In the Senate: 3/20/2015 First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Metzgar, A. Miller, Moon, Parrott, Reilly, Rey, Simonaire, Smith, Sophocleus, and West HB 888 (SB 650) Delegates Carter, Anderson, D. Barnes, Cluster, Jalisi, McConkey, O'Donnell, Oaks, Rey, Vaughn, Walker, A. Washington, and C. Wilson Family Law - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Custody Creating a rebuttable presumption in specified court proceedings that specified custodial arrangements are in the best interests of a child; and authorizing the court to grant sole custody under specified circumstances. 2/13/2015 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. HB 961 (SB 511) Delegates Ciliberti, Adams, Afzali, Carozza, Cassilly, Folden, Ghrist, Glass, Grammer, Hornberger, Impallaria, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDonough, McKay, Metzgar, W. Miller, Morgan, O'Donnell, Parrott, Reilly, Shoemaker, Simonaire, Szeliga, Vogt, and B. Wilson Women's Pregnancy Health Act Providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an abortion may not be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless a specified physician a specified determination; providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an individual may not knowingly perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion if the probable gestational age of an unborn child is a specified number of weeks; etc. 2/13/2015 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. HB 1083 (SB 550) Delegates Dumais, McComas, Anderson, Child Custody - Legal Decision Repealing references to the "child custody" and "visitation" in specified instances and substituting the terms "legal 2/13/2015 First Reading Judiciary
Angel, Atterbeary, D. Barnes, Barron, Carr, Clippinger, Cullison, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Haynes, Healey, Hill, Impallaria, Kaiser, Kelly, Kramer, Krimm, Lierman, McCray, McIntosh, A. Miller, Moon, Pendergrass, Proctor, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Smith, Stein, Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, M. Washington, and C. Wilson Making and Parenting Time decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider specified factors; authorizing the court to consider specified factors; specifying that specified factors are not relevant, except under specified circumstances; etc. Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. HB 1185 Delegate Dumais Family Law - Application for Divorce - Residency Requirement Reducing from 1 year to 6 months the period of time, under specified circumstances, that a party to an application for divorce must reside in the State before the application may be filed. 3/20/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/4/2015 Third Reading Passed In the 4/7/2015 Returned Passed HB 1186 Delegates Carter, Anderson, Domestic Violence - Confidentiality Expanding the scope and purpose of the Address Confidentiality Program for 2/23/2015 First Reading House Rules and
Oaks, B. Robinson, and Rosenberg Program - Name of Victim victims of domestic violence to include making the legal names of domestic violence victims confidential under specified circumstances; altering the contents of an application for participation in the Program; authorizing a Program participant to make a request to any State or local agency to use a substitute name designated by the Program participant as the Program participant's name; etc. Executive Nominations 3/9/2015 Rereferred to Judiciary Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. HB 1192 Delegates Carter, Anderson, McConkey, Oaks, B. Robinson, and C. Wilson Family Law - Child Support - Custody and Visitation Determinations Requiring the court, in any case in which the court determines child support, to also consider custody and visitation of the child; and requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to refer the parties to the court for purposes of considering custody and visitation of the child when the Administration establishes a child support obligation. 2/24/2015 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations SB 12 (HB 7) Senator DeGrange Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Expungement of Reports and Records - Time Period Requiring a local department of social services to maintain specified reports of suspected abuse or neglect and all assessments and investigative findings for specified periods of time for the purpose of determining whether a pattern exists; and increasing the time period after which a local department is required to expunge specified reports and records of suspected child abuse and neglect. 2/19/2015 Third Reading Passed In the House: 3/28/2015 Third Reading Passed with Amendments In the Senate: 3/30/2015 Senate Refuses to Concur with Amendments Conference Committee Appointed Senators Ramirez,
Norman, and Raskin SB 78 (HB 503) Senators Raskin, Benson, Brochin, Cassilly, Eckardt, Feldman, Ferguson, Guzzone, Hough, Kagan, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Lee, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Montgomery, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Rosapepe, Shank, Simonaire, Young, and Zirkin Rape Survivor Family Protection Act Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to consider a specified statement when making a specified finding; prohibiting a court from requiring publication of specified information under specified circumstances; etc. 1/23/2015 First Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 2/5/15 at 1 PM SB 158 Senator Simonaire Health - Medical Procedures - Ultrasound Options Requiring physicians, under specified circumstances, to provide a pregnant woman the opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of the embryo or fetus before the performance or inducement of an abortion; and requiring a physician to allow the pregnant woman to view the ultrasound image at no additional charge. 1/30/2015 Reading Finance Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. SB 269 (HB 225) Senators Lee, Bates, Guzzone, Kagan, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Domestic Violence - Additional Relief Expanding the relief that may be awarded in an interim protective order to include any other relief that a District Court commissioner determines is appropriate; and expanding the 3/22/2015 Third Reading Passed In the House:
Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Simonaire relief that may be awarded in a temporary protective order and a final protective order to include any other relief that a judge determines is appropriate. 4/6/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/5/2015 Returned Passed SB 270 (HB 390) Senators Lee, Kagan, King, and Klausmeier Protective Order and Peace Order Petitions - Maryland Residents Authorizing the filing of a protective petition if the abuse is alleged to have occurred in the State or if the person eligible for relief is a resident of the State; and authorizing the filing of a peace order petition if a specified act is alleged to have occurred in the State or if the petitioner is a resident of the State. 4/5/2015 Third Reading Passed In the House: 4/11/2015: Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/10/2015 Returned Passed SB 273 (HB 220) Senator Kelley Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc. 2/4/2015 First Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 2/18 at 1 PM SB 277 (HB 807) Senators Cassilly, Bates, Eckardt, Edwards, Hough, Jennings, Norman, Salling, Family Law - Protective Orders - Additional Relief Authorizing a judge in a final protective order to order the respondent to remain a specified distance away from the residence, place of employment, school, or temporary residence of a person eligible for relief. 2/4/2015 Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 2/18 at 1 PM (HB 807 passed the House and is in Judicial
Simonaire, and Waugh Proceedings in the Senate.) SB 315 (HB 224) Senators Ramirez, Brochin, Cassilly, and Lee Domestic Violence - 2-Year Protective Order Specifying that a court may issue a protective order for a period not to exceed 2 years by consent of the respondent under specified circumstances. 3/13/2015 Reading Passed In the House: 4/7/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/6/2015 Returned Passed SB 402 (HB 577) Senator Madaleno Family Law - De Facto Parent Authorizing a court, on request of specified parties in specified judicial proceedings, to determine whether an individual is a de facto parent of a child; authorizing an individual asserting de facto parent status to intervene in or initiate a specified judicial proceeding; establishing that an individual who is judicially determined to be a de facto parent has specified duties, rights, and obligations; etc. 3/16/2015 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings SB 468 (HB 348) Senator Madaleno Civil Right to Counsel - Implementation Requiring the Judge of the Court of Appeals to certify to the Governor for inclusion without revision in each State budget a specified appropriation to provide legal representation to income-eligible parties in protective order proceedings; establishing a Judicare Pilot Program to provide legal representation to parents in contested custody and visitation proceedings in specified jurisdictions; providing for funding for the pilot program; establishing a workgroup to monitor implementation; etc. 3/13/2015 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Eckardt, Edwards, Hershey, Jennings, Norman, Reilly, Salling, Simonaire, Ready, and Serafini attempted to be performed or induced unless a specified physician makes a specified determination; providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an individual may not knowingly perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion if the probable gestational age of an unborn child is a specified number of weeks; etc. Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. SB 550 (HB 1083) Senator Lee Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time Repealing references to the "child custody" and "visitation" in specified instances and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider specified factors; authorizing the court to consider specified factors; specifying that specified factors are not relevant, except under specified circumstances; etc. 2/6/2015 First Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. SB 650 (HB 888) Senator Muse Family Law - Rebuttable Presumption of Custody Creating a rebuttable presumption in specified court proceedings that specified custodial arrangements are in the best interests of a child; and authorizing the court to grant sole custody under specified circumstances. 2/6/2015 First Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. SB 900 Senators Bates, Cassilly, DeGrange, Eckardt, Edwards, Hershey, Hough, Jennings, Norman, Ready, Reilly, Public Health - Abortions - Physician Requirements Requiring a physician who performs or induces an abortion to have admitting privileges at a hospital that specified criteria; requiring a physician, before performing or inducing an abortion, to provide the woman terminating her pregnancy with specified contact information; providing for a penalty not to exceed 3/4/2015 First Reading Senate Rules