---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Child Welfare System - Reporting"
description: "State Child Welfare System - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1305"
citation: "Maryland HB 1305 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Simmons", "Wilson", "Wims", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a753d607-dc99-462d-9033-23e29c8d2837"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1305?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b4940bffef273f654db105884a2c5da0c02aaf2ead7c5689ec2a9a4849b495de"
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 1305 (2026) — State Child Welfare System - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_723_hb1305t.pdf)
2. **First - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1305f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Child Welfare System - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1305t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:45 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 723 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a753d607-dc99-462d-9033-23e29c8d2837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).