---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of Health Care Programs, Medical Laboratories, Tissue Banks, and Health Care Facilities - Revisions"
description: "Regulation of Health Care Programs, Medical Laboratories, Tissue Banks, and Health Care Facilities - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "Maryland SB 108 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Facilities and Regulation", "Public Health", "Diseases", "Fees", "Health", "Health Care Commission", "Health Care Facilities", "Health", "Department of", "Health Occupations", "Laboratories", "Licenses", "Long-Term Care", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Notices", "Nursing Homes", "Penalties and Sentences", "Records", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-26"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/986d0c5a-d951-43d4-b3e9-15f95d8a8c16"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB108&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "cb62e1bc5fcf5cb6c1712239cb9bbfb0f9aa84af15d64e9778e302e5c6a26e20"
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 108 (2018) — Regulation of Health Care Programs, Medical Laboratories, Tissue Banks, and Health Care Facilities - Revisions

## 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/sb0108f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-19** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Special Order until 1/30 (Senator Klausmeier) Adopted
- **2018-01-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Floor Amendment {883123/1 (Senator Klausmeier) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-01** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-02** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/986d0c5a-d951-43d4-b3e9-15f95d8a8c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).