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IntroducedOct 29, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns (Kaitlyn's Law)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 13, 2026: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 60
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 131
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kerr
- Reilly
- Toles
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Korman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Bouchat
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Williams
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Young
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crosby
ABSENT: 6
- Anderson
- Jones, A.
- Lewis
- Lopez
- Odom
- Clippinger
Actions
- Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Finance
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (131-4)
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted
- Floor Amendment {853222/1 (Delegate Patterson) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Appropriations
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations
- Oct 29, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational CampaignsPDF
- Floor Amendment {853222/1 (Delegate Patterson) Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns (Kaitlyn's Law)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Patterson, Edith
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Clark, Andy
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Murphy, JD (MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP))
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Hamosh, Ada (Johns Hopkins University)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Agarin, Ufuoma (Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland)
- APP Testimony, INFO -- Peck, Beatrix (Maryland Independent College & University Association)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Teanika (Sickle Cell Patient)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Coalition of Maryland, Sickle Cell (Sickle Cell Coalition of Maryland)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Vaughan, Nikia (MSCDA)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Crowell, Nyree (Sickle Cell Coalition Of Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Loretta
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

