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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 23, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 09, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 497
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 98
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Ross
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Foley
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wells
- Behler
- Forbes
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Healey
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Phillips
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Ivey
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Queen
NO: 37
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (103-29)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {473328/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (98-37)
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments {833026/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration and ReliefPDF
- Amendments {833026/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - DurationPDF
- Amendments {473328/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - DurationPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Vora, Amee (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Vormelker, Will (Maryland Judiciary)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sarro, Lisa (Community Legal Services)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rattigan, Yuvelqui (Center For Hope)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Hausner, Deena (House of Ruth Maryland)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Morgan, Jessica (Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW))
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rodriguez, Amanda (Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Allyn, Rebecca (Gov's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim; Governor's Family Violence Council)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Simpson, Karen
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Madden, Brendan (MSBA FLSC)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Dana (Women Legislators of Maryland)



