---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 970"
citation: "Maryland SB 970 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Social Services - Generally", "Committees and Commissions", "Community Facilities and Services", "Food Stamps", "Health", "Department of", "Minors", "Reports", "Sunset", "Welfare", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba4a9708-e28e-4c2f-88d9-210b193e1d03"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB970&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "73b88b28f7b3416a5d51d1500fdd481d346f5741ebe97b3e0a568a4356a3d738"
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 970 (2019) — Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0970f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Favorable with Amendments {169635/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-22** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-25** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-27** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba4a9708-e28e-4c2f-88d9-210b193e1d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).