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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 980
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Votes
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Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (127-0)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments {843124/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law)PDF
- Amendments {843124/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Handley, Grant (Town of North East)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Mirviss, Mitchell (Venable LLP)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Coble, Annie (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ward, Brooke
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine
- JUD Testimony, INFO -- Philip, Diana (Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Trivedi, Shanta (University of Baltimore, Sayra & Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children & The Courts)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Krienke, Jane (Maryland Hospital Association)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Lee, Melanie (Luminis Medical Center)
- JUD Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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