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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 13, 2026
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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
House • Apr 13, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 980
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Addisoncosponsor
- Andersoncosponsor
- Arentzcosponsor
- Arikancosponsor
- Bakercosponsor
- Beauchampcosponsor
- Boycecosponsor
- Buckelcosponsor
- Chisholmcosponsor
- Ciliberticosponsor
- Coleycosponsor
- Ebersolecosponsor
- Edelsoncosponsor
- Embrycosponsor
- Faircosponsor
- Feldmarkcosponsor
- Ghristcosponsor
- Hartmancosponsor
- Hinebaughcosponsor
- Hornbergercosponsor
- Hutchinsoncosponsor
- Iveycosponsor
- Jacobscosponsor
- Kipkecosponsor
- R. Longcosponsor
- Mangionecosponsor
- McComascosponsor
- Metzgarcosponsor
- Millercosponsor
- Mireku-Northcosponsor
- T. Morgancosponsor
- Nkongolocosponsor
- Palakovich Carrcosponsor
- Pasteurcosponsor
- Pattersoncosponsor
- Pippycosponsor
- Reillycosponsor
- Robersoncosponsor
- Rogerscosponsor
- Rosecosponsor
- Ruffcosponsor
- Schmidtcosponsor
- Stinnettcosponsor
- Stonkocosponsor
- Tomlinsoncosponsor
- Valentinecosponsor
- Vogelcosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
- Wilkinscosponsor
- Wilsoncosponsor
- Wivellcosponsor
- Cardincosponsor
- Phillipscosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Morenocosponsor
- Taylorcosponsor
- Simpsoncosponsor
- Conawaycosponsor
- Woodscosponsor
Votes
YES: 127
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Stonko
- Adams
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Qi
- Taveras
- Alston
- Fennell
- Korman
- Queen
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Toles
- Arentz
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Arikan
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Rogers
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Grammer
- Martinez
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Griffith
- McCaskill
- Ross
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Guyton
- McComas
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Guzzone
- Metzgar
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- Miller
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Buckel
- Healey
- Moon
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Cardin
- Hill
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Wims
- Chang
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 6
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- 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 Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- 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
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- LeMon, Erica
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Krienke, Jane (Maryland Hospital Association)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Philip, Diana (Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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