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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement"
description: "Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1559"
citation: "Maryland HB 1559 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57b712b2-2691-4375-90f0-82ec4c3f8238"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1559?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "56aa1ca099de2546002a3c10721b3ec18923f8c43435e813cc7d9b1ff4310cac"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_160_hb1559t.pdf)
2. **First - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1559f.pdf)
3. **Third - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1559t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **420** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1270** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57b712b2-2691-4375-90f0-82ec4c3f8238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).