HB 1490 — Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-13
Prohibiting the Department of Human Services from denying an application or reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance from an individual if the individual has good cause or an adequate reason for noncooperation with child support; defining "good cause" as circumstances in which cooperation with child support may be against the best interest of the child; requiring the Family Investment Program to determine that there is good cause for noncooperation with child support using certain criteria; etc.
Latest action: — In the House - Returned Passed
Sponsors (13)
- Emily Shetty (D, MD-18) — sponsor · 2026-02-13
- Gabriel Acevero (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Bonnie Cullison (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Terri L. Hill (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Mary A. Lehman (D, MD-21) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Robbyn Lewis (D, MD-46) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Aletheia McCaskill (D, MD-44) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Julie Palakovich Carr (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Malcolm P. Ruff (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Stephanie Smith (D, MD-45) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Jared Solomon (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Jamila J. Woods (D, MD-26) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
Action timeline (10)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Hearing — Appropriations
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House appropriations | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily Shetty (D, state_lower MD-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Aletheia McCaskill (D, state_lower MD-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bonnie Cullison (D, state_lower MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gabriel Acevero (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jamila J. Woods (D, state_lower MD-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jared Solomon (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Julie Palakovich Carr (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Malcolm P. Ruff (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Mary A. Lehman (D, state_lower MD-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Robbyn Lewis (D, state_lower MD-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Stephanie Smith (D, state_lower MD-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Terri L. Hill (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House appropriations · md-leg