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Maryland 2026

SB 996

Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law)

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-09 10:11:02 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Maryland
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Administrative Agencies, Age, Attorney General, Attorneys, Budget and Management, Department of, Budgets, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Custody, Children, Children (4-12), Circuit Courts, Commercial Property, Complaints, Counties, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Background Investigations, Disabilities, Disclosure, Discrimination, Education, Electronic Government, Family Law, Foster Care, Group Homes, Health, Hearings, Hotels and Motels, Housing, Human Services, Department of, Inspections, Investigations and Inquiries, Judges, Judicial Review, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Licenses, Minors, Notices, Oaths, Ombudsmen, Parents and Guardians, Penalties and Sentences, Petitions, Privacy, Public Benefits, Public Information, Records, Recruitment and Hiring, Registration, Reports, Rules and Regulations, Safety, Salaries and Compensation, Social Services, Social Workers, Standards and Best Practices, State Employees, State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials, State Police, Department of, Subpoenas, Telephones, Testimony, Trials, Victims, Violence, Witnesses, Work, Labor, and Employment, Youth (10-21)
Introduced / first action
2026-03-05 00:00:00

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Referred Rules and Executive Nominations

    referral-committee
  2. Third Reading Passed

    passage
  3. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  4. Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable
  5. Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

    committee-passage-favorable
  6. Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings

  7. First Reading Senate Rules

    referral-committee