---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Cigarette Restitution Fund Programs - Modifications"
description: "Public Health - Cigarette Restitution Fund Programs - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 747"
citation: "Maryland HB 747 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Committees and Commissions", "Grants", "Health Occupations", "Identification", "Revenue and Taxes", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9990911b-bf7b-4cda-8d7d-227b2d704552"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB747&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "38eae3bfa07916f4ad73665c97403666bd99a662d91d34afa7d88790a00591ab"
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 747 (2017) — Public Health - Cigarette Restitution Fund Programs - Modifications

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0747f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {136087/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Rereferred to Finance
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9990911b-bf7b-4cda-8d7d-227b2d704552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).