---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medical Services Board - Appointments"
description: "Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medical Services Board - Appointments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Maryland SB 175 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Committees and Commissions", "Emergency Medical Services", "Governor", "Medical Schools", "State Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/846172db-16c6-43b7-8b23-f1c6de2134ac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB175&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "181168a5627f2bac9d7c19d7715135be2b40e03acedc8e8241232d087f1995f0"
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 175 (2018) — Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medical Services Board - Appointments

## 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/sb0175f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Reassigned to Finance
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable with Amendments {277674/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2018-02-06** Special Order until 2/7 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2018-02-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Special Order until 2/8 (Senator Middleton) Adopted
- **2018-02-08** Floor Amendment {643129/1 (Senator King) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-12** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {856087/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 204 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/846172db-16c6-43b7-8b23-f1c6de2134ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).