SB 697 is sponsored by Senator Guy Guzzone (Democrat), Lee, Smith, Carter, Washington, Senator Cheryl C. Kagan (Democrat), Senator Jeff Waldstreicher (Democrat), and Senator Craig J. Zucker (Democrat).

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 D cosponsors

SB 697 — Family Law - Parentage and Adoption

Last action May 13, 2019 — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
8 sponsors

1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

May 13, 2019
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437
April 05, 2019
Passed Enrolled
April 05, 2019
Third Reading Passed (34-10)
April 05, 2019
Senate Concur - House Amendments
April 03, 2019
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (121-15)
April 02, 2019
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
April 02, 2019
Favorable with Amendments {352218/1 Report Adopted
April 02, 2019
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
March 19, 2019
Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
March 19, 2019
First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations
March 18, 2019
Third Reading Passed (33-13)
March 18, 2019
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
March 18, 2019
Favorable with Amendments {828074/1 Report Adopted
March 18, 2019
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
February 06, 2019
Hearing 3/06 at 12:00 p.m.
February 04, 2019
First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Smith

Co-sponsors (7)

Senator Guy Guzzone Democrat
Lee
Carter
Washington
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan Democrat
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher Democrat
Senator Craig J. Zucker Democrat

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

On third reading

April 05, 2019

Passed 34 Yea · 10 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	17	0	0	2
Republican	4	6	0	0
Unaffiliated	13	4	0	1
Total	34	10	0	3
% of votes cast	72%	21%	0%	6%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
Eckardt	—	Yea
Edwards	—	Nay
Elfreth	—	Yea
Hershey	—	Yea
Hough	—	Nay
Kelley	—	Not Voting
Klausmeier	—	Yea
Lee	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Yea
Washington	—	Yea
Young	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Cassilly	—	Nay
Nathan-Pulliam	—	Yea
Peters	—	Yea
Pinsky	—	Yea
Serafini	—	Nay
Zirkin	—	Yea
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Not Voting
Senator Antonio Hayes	Democrat	Yea
Senator Arthur Ellis	Democrat	Yea
Senator Benjamin F. Kramer	Democrat	Yea
Senator Bill Ferguson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Brian J. Feldman	Democrat	Yea
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan	Democrat	Yea
Senator Clarence K. Lam	Democrat	Yea
Senator Cory V. McCray	Democrat	Yea
Senator Craig J. Zucker	Democrat	Yea
Senator Guy Guzzone	Democrat	Yea
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher	Democrat	Not Voting
Senator Jim Rosapepe	Democrat	Yea
Senator Joanne C. Benson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Katie Fry Hester	Democrat	Yea
Senator Malcolm Augustine	Democrat	Yea
Senator Nancy J. King	Democrat	Yea
Senator Pamela Beidle	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mike Griffith	Republican	Yea
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Yea
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire	Republican	Nay
Senator Chris West	Republican	Yea
Senator J.B. Jennings	Republican	Yea
Senator Jack Bailey	Republican	Nay
Senator Jason C. Gallion	Republican	Nay
Senator Johnny Ray Salling	Republican	Nay
Senator Justin Ready	Republican	Nay
Senator Mary Beth Carozza	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

On Third Reading

April 03, 2019

Passed 121 Yea · 15 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	55	0	0	1
Republican	17	9	0	0
Unaffiliated	49	6	0	4
Total	121	15	0	5
% of votes cast	86%	11%	0%	4%

How each member voted (141)

Member	Party	Vote
Anderton	—	Not Voting
Atterbeary	—	Yea
Barron	—	Yea
Barve	—	Yea
Beitzel	—	Yea
Branch	—	Yea
Bridges	—	Yea
Bromwell	—	Yea
Busch	—	Not Voting
Cain	—	Yea
Carey	—	Yea
Carr	—	Yea
Clark	—	Yea
Conaway	—	Yea
Cox	—	Nay
Dumais	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Gilchrist	—	Yea
Glenn	—	Yea
Grammer	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Holmes	—	Yea
Impallaria	—	Nay
Jalisi	—	Yea
Krebs	—	Yea
Krimm	—	Yea
Lafferty	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Lierman	—	Yea
Lisanti	—	Yea
Luedtke	—	Yea
McIntosh	—	Yea
Saab	—	Yea
Shoemaker	—	Yea
Sydnor	—	Yea
Boteler	—	Yea
Kelly	—	Yea
Washington	—	Yea
Watson, C.	—	Yea
Proctor	—	Yea
Lewis, R.	—	Yea
Young, P.	—	Yea
Cassilly	—	Nay
Mosby	—	Yea
Otto	—	Nay
Parrott	—	Nay
Pendergrass	—	Yea
Reznik	—	Yea
Valentino-Smith	—	Yea
Walker	—	Yea
Mangione*	—	Nay
Kittleman	—	Not Voting
Malone	—	Not Voting
Jackson, M.	—	Yea
Johnson, S.	—	Yea
Lewis, J.	—	Yea
Long, R.	—	Yea
Morgan, M.	—	Yea
Palakovich Carr	—	Yea
Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison	Democrat	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 Brian M. Crosby	Democrat	Yea
Delegate C. T. Wilson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield	Democrat	Not Voting
Delegate Dana Stein	Democrat	Yea
Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo	Democrat	Yea
Delegate David Moon	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Debra Davis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Debra Davis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Diana M. Fennell	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Emily Shetty	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Eric Ebersole	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Gabriel Acevero	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Harry Bhandari	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Heather Bagnall	Democrat	Yea
Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jared Solomon	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jen Terrasa	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jessica Feldmark	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jon S. Cardin	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Julian Ivey	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Kenneth Kerr	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lesley J. Lopez	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lily Qi	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lorig Charkoudian	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Luke Clippinger	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Marc Korman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mark S. Chang	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mary A. Lehman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Melissa Wells	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Michele Guyton	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mike Rogers	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Pam Queen	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Regina T. Boyce	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Terri L. Hill	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Vaughn Stewart	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Veronica Turner	Democrat	Yea
Senator Benjamin Brooks	Democrat	Yea
Senator Dalya Attar	Democrat	Yea
Senator Karen Lewis Young	Democrat	Yea
Senator Nick Charles	Democrat	Yea
Senator Ron Watson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Sara Love	Democrat	Yea
Senator Shelly Hettleman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate April Miller	Republican	Nay
Delegate April Rose	Republican	Yea
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti	Republican	Yea
Delegate Brian Chisholm	Republican	Yea
Delegate Christopher T. Adams	Republican	Nay
Delegate H. Kevin Anderson	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jason C. Buckel	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jay A. Jacobs	Republican	Nay
Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jesse T. Pippy	Republican	Yea
Delegate Kathy Szeliga	Republican	Yea
Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger	Republican	Yea
Delegate Lauren Arikan	Republican	Nay
Delegate Mark N. Fisher	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 Steven J. Arentz	Republican	Nay
Delegate Susan K. McComas	Republican	Nay
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Nay
Delegate Wayne A. Hartman	Republican	Nay
Delegate William J. Wivell	Republican	Yea
Senator Johnny Mautz	Republican	Nay
Senator Mike McKay	Republican	Yea
Senator Paul D. Corderman	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

On Third Reading

March 18, 2019

Passed 33 Yea · 13 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	19	0	0	0
Republican	2	8	0	0
Unaffiliated	12	5	0	1
Total	33	13	0	1
% of votes cast	70%	28%	0%	2%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
Eckardt	—	Yea
Edwards	—	Nay
Elfreth	—	Yea
Hershey	—	Nay
Hough	—	Nay
Kelley	—	Yea
Klausmeier	—	Yea
Lee	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Yea
Washington	—	Yea
Young	—	Yea
Nathan-Pulliam	—	Yea
Peters	—	Yea
Pinsky	—	Yea
Serafini	—	Nay
Zirkin	—	Yea
Cassilly	—	Nay
Carter	—	Not Voting
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Yea
Senator Antonio Hayes	Democrat	Yea
Senator Arthur Ellis	Democrat	Yea
Senator Benjamin F. Kramer	Democrat	Yea
Senator Bill Ferguson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Brian J. Feldman	Democrat	Yea
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan	Democrat	Yea
Senator Clarence K. Lam	Democrat	Yea
Senator Cory V. McCray	Democrat	Yea
Senator Craig J. Zucker	Democrat	Yea
Senator Guy Guzzone	Democrat	Yea
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher	Democrat	Yea
Senator Jim Rosapepe	Democrat	Yea
Senator Joanne C. Benson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Katie Fry Hester	Democrat	Yea
Senator Malcolm Augustine	Democrat	Yea
Senator Nancy J. King	Democrat	Yea
Senator Pamela Beidle	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mike Griffith	Republican	Yea
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Nay
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire	Republican	Nay
Senator Chris West	Republican	Yea
Senator J.B. Jennings	Republican	Nay
Senator Jack Bailey	Republican	Nay
Senator Jason C. Gallion	Republican	Nay
Senator Johnny Ray Salling	Republican	Nay
Senator Justin Ready	Republican	Nay
Senator Mary Beth Carozza	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 697?: SB 697 is sponsored by Senator Guy Guzzone (Democrat), Lee, Smith, Carter, Washington, Senator Cheryl C. Kagan (Democrat), Senator Jeff Waldstreicher (Democrat), and Senator Craig J. Zucker (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 697?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2019. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 697
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 04, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Smith

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