---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys"
description: "Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 674"
citation: "Maryland HB 674 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18138da5-130c-42ec-8a43-1fb64c7716b0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0674?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9591a558985b1ef8abdcfb07d8112dc20d33babfea10461f5eb66a70e125761a"
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 674 (2021) — Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_160_hb0674t.pdf)
2. **First - Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Site Visits and Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0674f.pdf)
3. **Third - Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0674t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18138da5-130c-42ec-8a43-1fb64c7716b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).