republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-24.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	SB 24	Maryland SB 24 (2019)	bill	Family Law Age of Majority Caregivers Foster Care Parents and Guardians Social Services	enacted	Chair	1	17	1	2018-10-29	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/150e4039-f445-4f3d-8226-72e381d076cd	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB24&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	91a977d29b7783ec5b5f740f2e883d519c061e903a9afd9c7d7f6d918bd23f69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 24 (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

• On Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Services) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-29 Pre-filed introduction
• 2019-01-09 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-01-25 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-01-29 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-01-29 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-01-31 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2019-02-01 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-20 Hearing canceled
• 2019-03-20 Hearing 3/21 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-25 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-03-27 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2019-03-28 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 78 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/150e4039-f445-4f3d-8226-72e381d076cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).