---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)"
description: "Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 776"
citation: "Maryland HB 776 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Amprey", "Coley", "Hill", "Mireku-North", "Phillips", "Ruff", "Smith", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09855481-594a-485b-b320-00dde05d78b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0776?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "df5d34abbe128a6d352f163b86f34c46d34abeaebbc884b83858e12a406b5034"
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 776 (2026) — Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_635_hb0776t.pdf)
2. **First - Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0776f.pdf)
3. **Third - Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0776t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/26 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 635 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09855481-594a-485b-b320-00dde05d78b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).