---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions"
description: "Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1490"
citation: "Maryland HB 1490 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Lewis", "McCaskill", "Palakovich Carr", "Ruff", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36a5789-39b3-4669-abdd-becc1943463e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1490?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5febb271062eefe25cd07300063189c7c679f4ec1a1d54f266f269764c30343d"
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 1490 (2026) — Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_763_hb1490t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1490f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1490t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **103–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 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
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 763 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b36a5789-39b3-4669-abdd-becc1943463e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).