---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1434"
citation: "Maryland HB 1434 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaskill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf28054-49f1-49c1-8e0a-0b29d5ed5b70"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1434?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "fac0df64d9e9f6b04d8b8e36a0be21d20bde0cb801f962d1c5ec509819210118"
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 1434 (2026) — Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_873_hb1434t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1434f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1434t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **121–16** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaskill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `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
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 873 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baf28054-49f1-49c1-8e0a-0b29d5ed5b70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).