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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Health - Subcutaneous Implanting of Identification Device - Prohibition"
+description: "Public Health - Subcutaneous Implanting of Identification Device - Prohibition"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 944"
+citation: "Maryland SB 944 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Health", "Agents and Brokers", "Civil Actions", "Courts", "Crimes and Punishments", "Damages", "Equipment", "Fees", "Health", "Identification", "Penalties and Sentences", "Personal Representatives", "Privacy", "Public Employees", "Public Officials", "State Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-05"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60db8a08-e3fc-4d1e-b453-39bcdab37804"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB944&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "ceea3e6a4884a1e5c9fb7eddc3cd1eace35260877c77d9eeb60cb67c1c4a7175"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 944 (2018) — Public Health - Subcutaneous Implanting of Identification Device - Prohibition
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0944f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {457676/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-30** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
+- **2018-04-02** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
+- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-1) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 453 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60db8a08-e3fc-4d1e-b453-39bcdab37804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+