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Bill	Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)	Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 1015	Maryland HB 1015 (2026)	bill		enacted	Alston Bagnall Cullison Guzzone Hill Hutchinson Kaufman Kipke Lopez M. Morgan Martinez Reilly Rosenberg Ross Shetty Solomon Szeliga White Holland Woorman	4	15	3	2026-02-06	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/c4e54d22-14dc-479d-875c-67c2c1187afb	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1015?ys=2026RS	39a5f4adf34d45048b192865b0be6a6d014f7606b091146ca57eb2754db6dba5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1015 (2026) — Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Developmental Disabilities Administration - Services - Eligibility for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Amend) — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 137–0 (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)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Szeliga — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Woorman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-06 First Reading Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4e54d22-14dc-479d-875c-67c2c1187afb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).