---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Kinship Caregivers"
description: "Family Law - Kinship Caregivers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Maryland SB 24 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Age of Majority", "Caregivers", "Foster Care", "Parents and Guardians", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-10-29"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/150e4039-f445-4f3d-8226-72e381d076cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB24&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "91a977d29b7783ec5b5f740f2e883d519c061e903a9afd9c7d7f6d918bd23f69"
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 SB 24 (2019) — Family Law - Kinship Caregivers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0024f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Services) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-01-25** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-01-31** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-01** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 78 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/150e4039-f445-4f3d-8226-72e381d076cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).