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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)"
+description: "Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 278"
+citation: "Maryland HB 278 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-09-24"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27153c80-100f-480a-8e60-3231f89c78e0"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0278?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "044b1bbe247a867f302853d187b6f580342ac54b194440bb5d4f3237ab851bdf"
+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 HB 278 (2026) — Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_93_hb0278t.pdf)
+2. **First - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0278f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0278t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **102–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Health Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-20** Hearing 2/05 at 1:45 p.m.
+- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27153c80-100f-480a-8e60-3231f89c78e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+