Maryland House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session
HB 497: Family Law - Temporary and Final Protective Orders - Duration
Third Reading · March 23, 2026 · Yeas 98, nays 37 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- HB 497
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- March 23, 2026, 16:25
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 98, nays 37; 6 didn't vote yes or no (2 excused absences, 0 excused from voting)
Official record: the vote record on mgaleg.maryland.gov ↗
The bill on mgaleg.maryland.gov ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (98)
- Gabriel Acevero D-39
- Jackie Addison D-45
- Nick Allen D-8
- Tiffany Alston D-24
- Marlon Amprey D-40
- Heather Bagnall D-33C
- Ben Barnes D-21
- Sandy Bartlett D-32
- Dylan Behler D-30A
- Harry Bhandari D-8
- Adrian Boafo D-23
- Regina Boyce D-43A
- Jon Cardin D-11B
- Mark Chang D-32
- Lorig Charkoudian D-20
- Luke Clippinger D-46
- Derrick Coley D-24
- Frank Conaway D-40
- Charlotte Crutchfield D-19
- Bonnie Cullison D-19
- Debra Davis D-28
- Eric Ebersole D-44A
- Mark Edelson D-46
- Elizabeth Embry D-43A
- Kris Fair D-3
- Jessica Feldmark D-12A
- Diana Fennell D-47A
- Linda Foley D-15
- Cathi Forbes D-43B
- David Fraser-Hidalgo D-15
- Michele Guyton D-42B
- Pam Guzzone D-13
- Andrea Harrison D-24
- Anne Healey D-22
- Terri Hill D-12A
- Marvin Holmes D-23
- Julian Ivey D-47A
- Andre Johnson D-34A
- Dana Jones D-30A
- Anne Kaiser D-14
- Aaron Kaufman D-18
- Ken Kerr D-3
- Marc Korman D-16
- Mary Lehman D-21
- Robbyn Lewis D-46
- Lesley Lopez D-39
- Ashanti Martínez D-22
- Aletheia McCaskill D-44B
- Bernice Mireku-North D-14
- David Moon D-20
- Gabriel Moreno D-13
- Darrell Odom D-27A
- Julie Palakovich Carr D-17
- Cheryl Pasteur D-11A
- Edith Patterson D-28
- Joseline Peña-Melnyk D-21
- Scott Phillips D-10
- Andrew Pruski D-33A
- Lily Qi D-15
- Pam Queen D-14
- Kent Roberson D-25
- Denise Roberts D-25
- Mike Rogers D-32
- Sandy Rosenberg D-41
- Kim Ross D-8
- Malcolm Ruff D-41
- Sheila Ruth D-44B
- Sheree Sample-Hughes D-37A
- Matthew Schindler D-2B
- Stuart Schmidt R-33B
- Emily Shetty D-18
- Gary Simmons D-12B
- Karen Simpson D-3
- Stephanie Smith D-45
- Jared Solomon D-18
- Ryan Spiegel D-17
- Dana Stein D-11B
- Vaughn Stewart D-19
- Sean Stinnett D-41
- Deni Taveras D-47B
- Kym Taylor D-23
- Jen Terrasa D-13
- Karen Toles D-25
- Veronica Turner D-26
- Kris Valderrama D-26
- Joe Vogel D-17
- Courtney Watson D-9B
- Melissa Wells D-40
- Jennifer White Holland D-10
- Jheanelle Wilkins D-20
- C.T. Wilson D-28
- Greg Wims D-39
- Sarah Wolek D-16
- Jamila Woods D-26
- Teresa Woorman D-16
- Chao Wu D-9A
- Caylin Young D-45
- Natalie Ziegler D-9A
Nay (37)
- Chris Adams R-37B
- Kevin Anderson R-38A
- Steve Arentz R-36
- Lauren Arikan R-7B
- Terry Baker R-1C
- Barry Beauchamp R-38B
- Jason Buckel R-1B
- Brian Chisholm R-31
- Barrie Ciliberti R-4
- Mark Fisher R-27C
- Jeff Ghrist R-36
- Robin Grammer R-6
- Mike Griffith R-35A
- Wayne Hartman R-38C
- Jim Hinebaugh R-1A
- Kevin Hornberger R-35B
- Seth Howard R-30B
- Tom Hutchinson R-37B
- Jay Jacobs R-36
- Steve Johnson D-34A
- Nic Kipke R-31
- Bob Long R-6
- Nino Mangione R-42A
- Susan McComas R-34B
- Ric Metzgar R-6
- April Miller R-4
- Matt Morgan R-29A
- Todd Morgan R-29C
- Ryan Nawrocki R-7A
- LaToya Nkongolo R-31
- Teresa Reilly R-35A
- April Rose R-5
- Josh Stonko R-42C
- Kathy Szeliga R-7A
- Chris Tomlinson R-5
- William Valentine R-2A
- William Wivell R-2A
Excused absence (2)
- Adrienne Jones D-10
- Nicole Williams D-22
Not voting (4)
- Christopher Bouchat R-5
- Brian Crosby D-29B
- Jeff Long D-27B
- Jesse Pippy R-4