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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)"
+description: "Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1015"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1015 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Szeliga", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e54d22-14dc-479d-875c-67c2c1187afb"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1015?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "39a5f4adf34d45048b192865b0be6a6d014f7606b091146ca57eb2754db6dba5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1015 (2026) — Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_184_hb1015e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1015e.pdf)
+3. **First - Developmental Disabilities Administration - Services - Eligibility for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1015f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1015t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- M. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Szeliga — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e54d22-14dc-479d-875c-67c2c1187afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+