republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-980.md

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Bill	Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)	Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 980	Maryland HB 980 (2026)	bill		enacted	Acevero Adams Addison Anderson Arentz Arikan Baker Beauchamp Boyce Buckel Cardin Chisholm Ciliberti Coley Conaway Ebersole Edelson Embry Fair Feldmark Ghrist Griffith Hartman Hinebaugh Hornberger Hutchinson Ivey Jacobs Kipke Mangione McComas Metzgar Miller Mireku-North Moreno Nkongolo Palakovich Carr Pasteur Patterson Phillips Pippy R. Long Reilly Roberson Rogers Rose Ruff Schmidt Simmons Simpson Stinnett Stonko T. Morgan Taylor Tomlinson Valentine Vogel White Holland Wilkins Wilson Wivell Woods	3	14	2	2026-02-06	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/1de6cd50-b324-4f1d-aff5-38f21ca89cb3	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0980?ys=2026RS	8fce00115b89fc46e3153c656bdc1dec3a16d72ac6560f5fcffdde9764b67a7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 980 (2026) — Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law) (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law) (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 127–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Acevero — primary (person)
• Adams — primary (person)
• Addison — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Arikan — primary (person)
• Baker — primary (person)
• Beauchamp — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Buckel — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Chisholm — primary (person)
• Ciliberti — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Edelson — primary (person)
• Embry — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Ghrist — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Hinebaugh — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• Jacobs — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Mangione — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Metzgar — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Nkongolo — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Pippy — primary (person)
• R. Long — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Schmidt — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• Stonko — primary (person)
• T. Morgan — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Tomlinson — primary (person)
• Valentine — primary (person)
• Vogel — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wilkins — primary (person)
• Wilson — primary (person)
• Wivell — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-06 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary 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 Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1de6cd50-b324-4f1d-aff5-38f21ca89cb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).