2026 MGA bill tracking

Below are legislative measures the coalition was tracking this session. The Maryland General

Assembly met from January 14th to April 13th.

To see the PowerPoint presentation of our legislative debriefing, click here.

The positions of CPMC as a coalition are listed in blue (support, support with amendments, oppose, letter of information provided). Bills without positions were monitored allowing CPMC to later take a position if needed. Each bill number is linked to the webpage where you can find the history of how the bill was introduced, which legislator served as the lead sponsor or those listed as co-sponsors, whether the bill has been introduced before, how it may have been amended, the outcomes of committee and floor voting sessions, its fiscal and policy note summarizing the intent of the bill and its proposed impact, the link to the committee hearing recording, and any available list of hearing witnesses and their written testimony.

As of April13th at 11:59 pm, these are the bills that passed and are awaiting the governor's signature:

• HB0281 - Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations - monitoring

  Amendments by Senate committee - House concurred

• HB0329 / SB0081 - Criminal Law - School Resource Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity with Students - support

  No amendments were made to the bill from its original form

• HB0396 / SB0402 - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners - monitoring - letter of information provided

  Amended by House committee and Senate version amended to match

• HB0501 - Criminal Law - Sexual Offense by a Person in a Position of Authority - support

  Amendments by Senate committee and House concurred

  Cross- filed SB0407 passed the Senate, but not the House

• HB0635 / SB0359 - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement - monitoring

  Amended by House committee and Senate version amended to match

• SB0221 - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties - support

  No amendments were made to the bill from its original form

  Cross-filed HB0670 did not move in the House

• HB0980 - Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law) - monitoring - letter of information provided - retitled Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and the State Foster Youth Ombudsman- Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)

  Amended by House committee

• SB0864 - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility - support

  No amendments were made to the bill from its original form

  Cross-filed HB0982 passed the House, but not the Senate

• HB1118 / SB0891 - Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Mental Health Conditions - support

  House version amended by committee and additional amendments were added by the Senate committee; Senate floor amended the bill to add the language of SB0356 and House concurred

• SB0685 - Local School Systems - Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct - Response Policy and After-Action Review - monitoring

  Senate version amended by committee and House committee added more amendments - Senate concurred

  Cross-filed HB1168 passed the House, but not the Senate

• HB1181 - Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements - support

  Amended by House committee and Senate floor added more amendments - House concurred

• HB 1305 - State Child Welfare System - Reporting - support

  No amendments were made to the bill from its original form

• HB1326 - Child Abuse and Neglect – Disclosure of Reports and Records - support

  House version amended by committee and Senate floor added more amendments - House concurred

  Cross-filed SB0447 passed both chambers, but was not the same as the House version and died in the Conference Committee process as both chambers refused to recede to the other

• HB1389 / SB0907 - Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation - support

  No amendments were made to the bill from its original form

• HB1559 - Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients -

  Placement - support - House version amended by committee

These are the bills that did not pass before Sine Die with CPMC's positions:

• HB0137/ SB0222 - Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications - support

  House version did not move

  Senate version amended - Third Reading Passed (43-0) - no vote in House committee

• HB0324 / SB0319 - Family Law - Child Support - Assignment of Rights - monitoring

House version not amended - Third Reading Passed (131-0) - no vote in Senate committee

Senate version did not move

• HB0628 - Human Services - Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program - Establishment - support - retitled as Foster Care Transition Grant Program

Amended - Third Reading Passed (128-5) - no vote in Senate committee

• HB0768 / SB0658 - Department of Human Services - Benefits for Children in Custody - Alterations - support

House version amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - In Senate - Second Reading Passed - listed on Third Reader and did not get called in time

Senate version did not move

• HB0915 - Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care - support (CPMC priority bill)

Amended - Third Reading Passed (136-1) - In Senate - Second Reading Passed - listed on Third Reader and did not get called in time

• HB1005 - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting (Survivor Reporting Reform Act) - support

Amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - no vote in Senate committee

• HB1034 - Child Care Entities - Child Abuse and Neglect - Training and Reporting Requirements - support

Amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - no vote in Senate committee

• HB1058 / SB0537 - Youth Delinquency Prevention Fund - Establishment - support

House version not amended - Third Reading Passed (99-34) - no vote in Senate committee

Senate version did not move

• HB1092 / SB0870 - Maryland Department of Health - Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Beds - Capacity in Prince George's County and Report - support - retitled as Maryland Department of Health - Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Beds - Reports on Capacity and Outcomes

Senate version amended - Third Reading Passed (42-0) - House determined that objectives were similar to HB1559 and HB1563, as well as a required budget report; bill died

House version did not move

• HB1258 - Child Placement Services - Advertising by Unlicensed Person - Prohibition - support

Amended - Third Reading Passed (131-4) - no vote in Senate committee

• HB1272 - Family Law - Kinship Care - support (CPMC priority bill)

Amended - Third Reading Passed (132-0) - no vote in Senate committee

• HB1290 - Children In Need of Assistance - Proceedings - Child's Right to be Present - support (CPMC priority bill)

Amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - no vote in Senate committee

• HB1292 - Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations - support

Amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - In Senate - Second Reading Passed - listed on Third Reader, but was special ordered and died

• HB1294 - Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence Software - support

  No vote in House committee

• HB1341 - Public Schools - School Security Personnel - Immigration Investigation and Enforcement - monitoring - retitled and amended to match SB0810 - Immigration Enforcement - Expanding Sensitive Locations, Notification, and Guidance (Maryland Values Act of 2026)

Amended - Third Reading Passed (90-34)  and amended by the Senate to conform with SB0810 - special ordered on Senate floor and died - yet SB0810 did pass.

• HB1348 - Human Trafficking - Reports to Regional Navigators and Prosecutions - Authorization - support

Not amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - no vote in Senate Committee

• HB1383 - Children in Need of Assistance - Permanency Plan Requirements - support (CPMC priority bill)

Not amended - Third Reading Passed (130-0) - no vote in Senate Committee

• HB1485 - Public Health - Crisis Response System - Resources for Family Members and Trauma-Informed Care Training (Tiarra's Law) - monitoring

Not amended - Third Reading Passed (133-0) - no vote in Senate Committee

These are the bills that did not pass before crossover with CPMC's positions:

HJ0004 - Social Services Administration - Accountability - Protecting Maryland's Most Vulnerable - monitoring

HB0023 - Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards - Issuance to Minors - support

HB0025 - Family Law - Grandparent Visitation - monitoring - letter of information provided

HB0048 - Family Law - Children in Need of Assistance and Termination of Parental Rights (Right to Fight Act) - oppose

HB0384 - Child Support - Capacity of Minors to Initiate and Defend an Action - support

HB0389 / SB0296 - Juveniles - Detention and Confinement - Limitations on Juvenile Contact with Incarcerated Adults - support - amended into SB0323 - Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction, Detention, and Confinement (Youth Charging Reform Act)

HB0475 - Department of Juvenile Services - Employees - Prohibited Convictions (Juvenile Offender Protection Act) - support

HB0570 - Foster Care - Adjacent County Applicants and Reporting Requirements - partial support

HB0592 - Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation from Incarcerated Individuals - support

HB0679 - Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors - oppose

HB0693 - Civil Actions - Distribution of Obscene Material to Minors - monitoring

HB0710 - Criminal Law - Display of Obscene Material to Minors - monitoring

HB0722 - Child Sexual Abuse Claims - Doctrine of Charitable Immunity - Abrogation - support

HB0818 - Higher Education - Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Tuition Exemption and Associated Benefits - support

HB0834 / SB0711 - Family Law - Child Neglect Definition - Alteration - monitoring

HB0890 / SB0650 - Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations ("Know Before They Knock" Family Right to Notice Act) - oppose

HB0908 - Civil Actions - Failure to Restrict Distribution of Sexual Material Harmful to Minors - monitoring - Withdrawn by Sponsor

HB0923 - Family Law - Equity Courts - Care and Custody of Children (Uniform Nondiscrimination in Treatment and Evidence (UNITE) Act) - support

HB0924 - Child Exploitation Material - Civil and Criminal Actions (Safe Kids Act) - monitoring

HB1046 - School and School-Sponsored Activities - Report of Suspected Abuse or Neglect - Parental Notification - monitoring

HB1119 / SB0874 - Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scopes of Practice - monitoring

HB1198 - Civil Actions - Coerced Debt - Debtor Protections - support

HB1350 / SB0484 - Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting - monitoring

HB1418 - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Employing Individuals Charged with Crimes - Prohibition - monitoring

HB1484 - Child Sex Offenders - Plea Agreements and Places for Children - monitoring

HB1487 - Public Health – Baltimore City Mobile Infant and Maternal Health Pilot Program - support - Withdrawn by Sponsor

HB1501 - Department of Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification - monitoring

HB1638 - Consumer Protection - Covered Platforms - Protection of Minors (Kids Online Protection and Antigrooming Act) - monitoring

SB0604 - Adoption, Foster Care, and Public Services - Prohibition Against Discrimination - support

SB0736 - Criminal Law - Obscene Matter - Visual Representation of Child - support

SB0738 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Mobile Crisis and Crisis Stabilization - support