republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-1212.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Family Law - Kinship Caregivers	Family Law - Kinship Caregivers	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 1212	Maryland HB 1212 (2019)	bill	Family Law Age of Majority Caregivers Foster Care Parents and Guardians Social Services	enacted	McComas	1	13	2	2019-02-08	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/6568e81e-5375-4af2-93fb-9120207f4b17	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1212&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	b1e005fc35865ce4af55ca20cd0cd075324f525f35942c405e1ec6aee4ad1d5a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1212 (2019) — Family Law - Kinship Caregivers

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• No motion given — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 139–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McComas — primary (person)
• Arikan — cosponsor (person)
• Buckel — cosponsor (person)
• Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Corderman — cosponsor (person)
• Grammer — cosponsor (person)
• Hartman — cosponsor (person)
• Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
• Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
• Kittleman — cosponsor (person)
• Krebs — cosponsor (person)
• Malone — cosponsor (person)
• Saab — cosponsor (person)
• Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-08 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-11 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-03-14 Third Reading Passed (139-0) passage
• 2019-03-15 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2019-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 77 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6568e81e-5375-4af2-93fb-9120207f4b17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).