Maryland House Bill 1379 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court in any child custody or visitation proceeding from considering, in and of itself, a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in determining the best interest of a child except under specified circumstances; 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 the court to grant caretaking or decision-making authority to a nonparent under specified circumstances; etc.

Child Custody and Visitation - Deployed Parents

Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]

Del. Deb Rey [R]

Sen. William Smith [D]

Del. C.T. Wilson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
2016-03-09	House	Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-12	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1379?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb1379f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb1379.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb1379_jud.pdf