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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement"
+description: "Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1559"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1559 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Jones", "Acevero", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Barnes", "Beauchamp", "Chang", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Forbes", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Harrison", "Hill", "Hinebaugh", "Hutchinson", "Ivey", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Metzgar", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "S. Johnson", "Shetty", "Smith", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Stonko", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Toles", "Watson", "White Holland", "Wolek", "Woorman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-13"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57b712b2-2691-4375-90f0-82ec4c3f8238"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1559?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "56aa1ca099de2546002a3c10721b3ec18923f8c43435e813cc7d9b1ff4310cac"
+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 1559 (2026) — Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_160_hb1559t.pdf)
+2. **First - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1559f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1559t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Jones — primary (person)
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Barnes — primary (person)
+- Beauchamp — primary (person)
+- Chang — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Kaiser — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- M. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- McCaskill — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Speaker — primary (person)
+- Spiegel — primary (person)
+- Stonko — primary (person)
+- Szeliga — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wolek — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-13** First Reading Appropriations and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57b712b2-2691-4375-90f0-82ec4c3f8238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+