Legislation: batch B — IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/md/2022/sb-636.md

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)"
+description: "Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 636"
+citation: "Maryland SB 636 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "McCray", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "Young", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-03"
+last_action: "2022-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a080429-4b2e-413d-9773-a5725f3a6826"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0636?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e0f3d8cf4697e331ba7fb0edf582a89c9b9249745f102bc5ead1d09cb145613e"
+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 636 (2022) — Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_464_sb0636t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0636f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0636t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **126–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Eckardt — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-05** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
+- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
+- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a080429-4b2e-413d-9773-a5725f3a6826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+