---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements"
description: "Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Maryland HB 1181 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d3eef47-3140-4eb9-a874-55de28c971c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1181?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "251ada898387e953425c1a0cd9657b4961dc37043a38c24f9ec63ca34c3a3e00"
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 1181 (2026) — Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_159_hb1181e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1181e.pdf)
3. **First - Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1181f.pdf)
4. **Third - Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1181t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Appropriations and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `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 4/03 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** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d3eef47-3140-4eb9-a874-55de28c971c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).