republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-1559.md

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Bill	Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement	Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 1559	Maryland HB 1559 (2026)	bill		enacted	A. Jones Acevero Alston Bagnall Barnes Beauchamp Chang Cullison D. Jones Edelson Forbes Ghrist Griffith Guzzone Harrison Hill Hinebaugh Hutchinson Ivey Kaiser Kaufman Kipke Lopez M. Morgan Martinez McCaskill Metzgar Reilly Rosenberg Ross Ruff S. Johnson Shetty Smith Speaker Spiegel Stonko Szeliga Taveras Toles Watson White Holland Wolek Woorman	3	14	2	2026-02-13	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/57b712b2-2691-4375-90f0-82ec4c3f8238	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1559?ys=2026RS	56aa1ca099de2546002a3c10721b3ec18923f8c43435e813cc7d9b1ff4310cac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1559 (2026) — Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 127–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Jones — primary (person)
• Acevero — primary (person)
• Alston — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Barnes — primary (person)
• Beauchamp — primary (person)
• Chang — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Edelson — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Ghrist — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Harrison — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hinebaugh — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• Kaiser — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• M. Morgan — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• McCaskill — primary (person)
• Metzgar — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• Ross — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Speaker — primary (person)
• Spiegel — primary (person)
• Stonko — primary (person)
• Szeliga — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Toles — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wolek — primary (person)
• Woorman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-13 First Reading Appropriations and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-21 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-08 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-11 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57b712b2-2691-4375-90f0-82ec4c3f8238. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).