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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland renames Children's Cabinet Fund and mandates baseline and supplemental grant funding through fiscal year 2031
Last action · May 26, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764Sponsors: Kevin Harris and 7 others
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What This Bill Does
Senate Bill 668 renames the Children's Cabinet Fund to the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund and mandates that the Governor include specific grant appropriations for from s 2028 through 2031. The measure takes effect on July 1, 2026.
across Maryland counties will receive guaranteed annual baseline funding levels alongside a mandatory five-hundred-thousand-dollar funding increase scheduled for 2031 to support local youth and family services.
- Local management boards operate across Maryland counties to coordinate health, education, and social services for local children and families. context
- The Children's Cabinet coordinates policies and funding across multiple Maryland state agencies to serve children and youth with complex needs. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Local management boards
Local management boards are required to submit community partnership agreements and will receive guaranteed baseline and supplemental grant appropriations through fiscal year 2031.
The Governor
The Governor is statutorily required to include specific mandatory funding appropriations for the Fund in the annual budget bills from fiscal years 2028 through 2031.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
17 actions- May 26, 2026Governor of MarylandEnrolledApproved by the Governor - Chapter 764
- Apr 8, 2026SenateFloorPassed Enrolled
- Apr 8, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (44-0)
- Apr 8, 2026SenateFloorSenate Concurs House Amendments
- Apr 8, 2026HouseFloorThird Reading Passed (121-14)
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
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- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloor Amendment { 373423/1 (Delegate Shetty) Adopted
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorFavorable Adopted
- Apr 7, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable Report by Appropriations
- Mar 21, 2026HouseHearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred Appropriations
- Mar 19, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 16, 2026SenateFloorSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 16, 2026SenateFavorable with Amendments { 423228/1 Adopted
- Mar 16, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
- Feb 11, 2026SenateHearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Budget and Taxation
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