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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)"
+description: "Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 980"
+citation: "Maryland HB 980 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Adams", "Addison", "Anderson", "Arentz", "Arikan", "Baker", "Beauchamp", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Chisholm", "Ciliberti", "Coley", "Conaway", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hinebaugh", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "Ivey", "Jacobs", "Kipke", "Mangione", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Miller", "Mireku-North", "Moreno", "Nkongolo", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pippy", "R. Long", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Rogers", "Rose", "Ruff", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Stinnett", "Stonko", "T. Morgan", "Taylor", "Tomlinson", "Valentine", "Vogel", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Wilson", "Wivell", "Woods"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de6cd50-b324-4f1d-aff5-38f21ca89cb3"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0980?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "8fce00115b89fc46e3153c656bdc1dec3a16d72ac6560f5fcffdde9764b67a7a"
+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 980 (2026) — Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_158_hb0980t.pdf)
+2. **First - Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0980f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0980t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Adams — primary (person)
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Arikan — primary (person)
+- Baker — primary (person)
+- Beauchamp — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Chisholm — primary (person)
+- Ciliberti — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Embry — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Mangione — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Moreno — primary (person)
+- Nkongolo — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Pippy — primary (person)
+- R. Long — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- Stonko — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Tomlinson — primary (person)
+- Valentine — primary (person)
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Wivell — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de6cd50-b324-4f1d-aff5-38f21ca89cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+