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IntroducedFeb 13, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 08, 2026: Second Reading Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 1559
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Alstoncosponsor
- Bagnallcosponsor
- Barnescosponsor
- Beauchampcosponsor
- Changcosponsor
- Cullisoncosponsor
- Edelsoncosponsor
- Forbescosponsor
- Ghristcosponsor
- Guzzonecosponsor
- Harrisoncosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- Hinebaughcosponsor
- Hutchinsoncosponsor
- Iveycosponsor
- S. Johnsoncosponsor
- A. Jonescosponsor
- D. Jonescosponsor
- Kaisercosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- Kipkecosponsor
- Lopezcosponsor
- Martinezcosponsor
- McCaskillcosponsor
- Metzgarcosponsor
- M. Morgancosponsor
- Reillycosponsor
- Rosenbergcosponsor
- Rosscosponsor
- Ruffcosponsor
- Shettycosponsor
- Smithcosponsor
- Spiegelcosponsor
- Stonkocosponsor
- Szeligacosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- Tolescosponsor
- Watsoncosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
- Wolekcosponsor
- Woormancosponsor
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 08, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (127-0)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
- Favorable with Amendments {533426/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations and Health
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Floyd, Meagan (maryland psychiatric society)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Dickerson, Taylor (Maryland Psychological Association)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Arneson, Emily (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Rabbitt, Dan (Behavioral Health System Baltimore)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Basler, Robert
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Mirviss, Mitchell (Venable LLP)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Mortoro, Lynn
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Shepter, Brian (Howard County)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Barnes, Andrea
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Geddes, Ann (Mental Health Association of Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Krone, Christine
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Stockwell, David (Johns Hopkins Hospital)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Melcer, Emily (The State Policy Advocacy Clinic)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Routson, Kimberly (MedStar Health)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Peña-Melnyk, Joseline (Speaker, Maryland House of Delegates)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Tilburg, Will (University of Maryland Medical System)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hessler, Therese
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Nicklas, Andrew (Maryland Hospital Association)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Fox Tolentino, Secretary Betsy (DJS)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Philip, Diana (Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rabbitt, Dan (Behavioral Health System Baltimore)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Geddes, Ann (Mental Health Association of Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Peña-Melnyk, Joseline (Speaker, Maryland House of Delegates)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hessler, Therese
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Tilburg, Will (University of Maryland Medical System)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Melcer, Emily (The State Policy Advocacy Clinic)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Barnes, Andrea
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Sidh, Sameer (Johns Hopkins University and Medicine)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Nicklas, Andrew (Maryland Hospital Association)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Philip, Diana (Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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