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MD HB 1272

died on adjournment

Family Law - Kinship Care

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 1272 pass?

No. MD HB 1272 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

What is MD HB 1272 about?

MD HB 1272 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Family Law - Kinship Care”.

Who sponsors MD HB 1272?

Hill, Guyton, Conaway and 11 others are the primary sponsors of MD HB 1272.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-24 — Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Hillprimary
  • Guytonprimary
  • Conawayprimary
  • Taylorprimary
  • Simmonsprimary
  • Youngprimary
  • Woodsprimary
  • Tolesprimary
  • Smithprimary
  • Morenoprimary
  • Martinezprimary
  • D. Jonesprimary
  • Fennellprimary
  • Aceveroprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-24

    Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-03-23

    Referred Judicial Proceedings

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-20

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  4. 2026-03-19

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  5. 2026-03-19

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-03-19

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-02-13

    Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

  8. 2026-02-12

    First Reading Judiciary

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Third - Family Law - Kinship CareCompare
  • First - Family Law - Kinship CareCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-08 · pass · 132-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Johnson, S.: not voting
    • Wilson: not voting
    • Young: not voting
    • Crosby: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Metzgar: absent
    • Pasteur: absent
    • Wolek: absent

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