Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court
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HB 279 — Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court
Last action — Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read HB 279 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
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Returned Passed
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Third Reading Passed (46-0)
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Second Reading Passed
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Favorable Report Adopted
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Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
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First Reading Judicial Proceedings
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Third Reading Passed (139-0)
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Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Favorable with Amendments {462819/1 Report Adopted
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Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
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Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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First Reading Judiciary
Sponsors
- Afzali · Cosponsor
- Dumais · Cosponsor
- Senator Shelly Hettleman · Cosponsor
- Lierman · Cosponsor
- Luedtke · Cosponsor
- Malone · Cosponsor
- Delegate Susan K. McComas · Cosponsor
- Delegate David Moon · Primary
- Morhaim · Cosponsor
- Morales · Cosponsor
- Platt · Cosponsor
- Delegate Pam Queen · Cosponsor
- Reznik · Cosponsor
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg · Cosponsor
- Atterbeary · Cosponsor
- Cluster · Cosponsor
- Kelly · Cosponsor
- M. Washington · Cosponsor
- Conaway · Cosponsor
- Gutierrez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Marc Korman · Cosponsor
- Sanchez · Cosponsor
- Sydnor · Cosponsor
- Valentino-Smith · Cosponsor
- Delegate Caylin Young · Cosponsor
- Delegate C. T. Wilson · Cosponsor
- Delegate C. T. Wilson · Cosponsor
- Delegate H. Kevin Anderson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 27 co-sponsors · 160 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate David Moon Democrat
Co-sponsors (27)
- Afzali
- Dumais
- Senator Shelly Hettleman Democrat
- Lierman
- Luedtke
- Malone
- Delegate Susan K. McComas Republican
- Morhaim
- Morales
- Platt
- Delegate Pam Queen Democrat
- Reznik
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat
- Atterbeary
- Cluster
- Kelly
- M. Washington
- Conaway
- Gutierrez
- Delegate Marc Korman Democrat
- Sanchez
- Sydnor
- Valentino-Smith
- Delegate Caylin Young Democrat
- Delegate C. T. Wilson Democrat
- Delegate C. T. Wilson Democrat
- Delegate H. Kevin Anderson Republican
Not signed on (160)
160 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 160 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (47)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Norman | — | Yea |
| Oaks | — | Not Voting |
| Madaleno | — | Yea |
| Manno | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| McFadden | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Nathan-Pulliam | — | Yea |
| Peters | — | Yea |
| Pinsky | — | Yea |
| Ramirez | — | Yea |
| Serafini | — | Yea |
| Waugh | — | Yea |
| Zirkin | — | Yea |
| Astle | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Brochin | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| DeGrange | — | Yea |
| Eckardt | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Hershey | — | Yea |
| Hough | — | Yea |
| Kasemeyer | — | Yea |
| Kelley | — | Yea |
| Klausmeier | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Delegate Stephanie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Bill Ferguson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Brian J. Feldman | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator C. Anthony Muse | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cheryl C. Kagan | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Craig J. Zucker | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Guy Guzzone | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jim Rosapepe | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Joanne C. Benson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Nancy J. King | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Yea |
| Senator J.B. Jennings | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Johnny Ray Salling | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Justin Ready | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 139 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (141)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker Busch | — | Yea |
| Ali | — | Yea |
| Sophocleus | — | Yea |
| Kelly | — | Yea |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| McDonough | — | Yea |
| McIntosh | — | Yea |
| McMillan | — | Yea |
| Miele | — | Yea |
| Saab | — | Yea |
| Sanchez | — | Yea |
| Shoemaker | — | Yea |
| Sydnor | — | Yea |
| Kittleman | — | Yea |
| Proctor | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Yea |
| Lierman | — | Yea |
| Lisanti | — | Yea |
| Luedtke | — | Yea |
| Morales | — | Yea |
| Morhaim | — | Yea |
| Mosby | — | Yea |
| Otto | — | Yea |
| Parrott | — | Yea |
| Pendergrass | — | Yea |
| Platt | — | Yea |
| Rey | — | Yea |
| Tarlau | — | Yea |
| Valentino-Smith | — | Yea |
| Vallario | — | Yea |
| Vogt | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Young, P. | — | Yea |
| Cluster | — | Yea |
| Malone | — | Yea |
| Reznik | — | Yea |
| Afzali | — | Yea |
| Anderton | — | Yea |
| Angel | — | Yea |
| Atterbeary | — | Yea |
| Aumann | — | Yea |
| Barkley | — | Yea |
| Barron | — | Yea |
| Barve | — | Yea |
| Beitzel | — | Yea |
| Branch | — | Yea |
| Bromwell | — | Yea |
| Carey | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| Clark | — | Yea |
| Conaway | — | Yea |
| Dumais | — | Yea |
| Flanagan | — | Yea |
| Frick | — | Yea |
| Frush | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Gibson | — | Yea |
| Gilchrist | — | Yea |
| Glass | — | Yea |
| Glenn | — | Yea |
| Grammer | — | Yea |
| Gutierrez | — | Yea |
| Haynes | — | Yea |
| Hixson | — | Yea |
| Holmes | — | Yea |
| Impallaria | — | Yea |
| Jalisi | — | Yea |
| Jameson | — | Yea |
| Knotts | — | Yea |
| Krebs | — | Yea |
| Krimm | — | Yea |
| Lafferty | — | Yea |
| Jones, A. | — | Yea |
| Long, R. | — | Yea |
| Morgan, M. | — | Yea |
| Delegate Anne Healey | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Anne R. Kaiser | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Bonnie Cullison | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate C. T. Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate C. T. Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Dana Stein | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Moon | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Debra Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Diana M. Fennell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Edith J. Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Eric Ebersole | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Kriselda Valderrama | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Luke Clippinger | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Marc Korman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mark S. Chang | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Pam Queen | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Robbyn Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Robbyn Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Terri L. Hill | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Veronica Turner | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Alonzo T. Washington | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Antonio Hayes | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin Brooks | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin F. Kramer | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Carl Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Clarence K. Lam | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cory V. McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jeff Waldstreicher | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Karen Lewis Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Mary Washington | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Pamela Beidle | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Shelly Hettleman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate April Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate April Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate April Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti | Republican | Not Voting |
| Delegate Christopher T. Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate H. Kevin Anderson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Delegate Jason C. Buckel | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jay A. Jacobs | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Kathy Szeliga | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Mark N. Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Ric Metzgar | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Steven J. Arentz | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Susan K. McComas | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate William J. Wivell | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Chris West | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Johnny Mautz | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Mary Beth Carozza | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Mike McKay | Republican | Yea |
| Senator William G. Folden | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 279?
- HB 279 is sponsored by Afzali, Dumais, Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Lierman, Luedtke, Malone, Delegate Susan K. McComas (Republican), Delegate David Moon (Democrat), Morhaim, Morales, Platt, Delegate Pam Queen (Democrat), Reznik, Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Atterbeary, Cluster, Kelly, M. Washington, Conaway, Gutierrez, Delegate Marc Korman (Democrat), Sanchez, Sydnor, Valentino-Smith, Delegate Caylin Young (Democrat), Delegate C. T. Wilson (Democrat), and Delegate H. Kevin Anderson (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 279?
- This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HB 279?
- Track HB 279 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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