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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )"
+description: "Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 740"
+citation: "Maryland SB 740 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Ellis", "Folden", "Gile", "Lam", "Mautz", "Ready"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613a3a17-f4eb-4be4-a05c-814d828fa376"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0740?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "42b98eb63a08cfdd55acffd660bab3800edf00a791232a2d856612327b49190e"
+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 740 (2025) — Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_757_sb0740e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0740e.pdf)
+3. **First - Health Care Facilities - Warrior Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act for Warrior Healthcare)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0740f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0740t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Washington — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Folden — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-06** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/613a3a17-f4eb-4be4-a05c-814d828fa376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+