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type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)"
description: "Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Maryland HB 1015 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Szeliga", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e54d22-14dc-479d-875c-67c2c1187afb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1015?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "39a5f4adf34d45048b192865b0be6a6d014f7606b091146ca57eb2754db6dba5"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_184_hb1015e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1015e.pdf)
3. **First - Developmental Disabilities Administration - Services - Eligibility for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1015f.pdf)
4. **Third - Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1015t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **430** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1320** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **1370** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e54d22-14dc-479d-875c-67c2c1187afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).