---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)"
description: "Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1195"
citation: "Maryland HB 1195 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6102b8e2-fb33-493d-aeb5-6f0ff936b9ba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1195?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "da4c7ce2ca8573e5b327f966e8749fce22d03e0e838e2bb70d4c6095daeec018"
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 1195 (2024) — Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_273_hb1195t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1195f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1195t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6102b8e2-fb33-493d-aeb5-6f0ff936b9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).