---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements"
description: "Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 109"
citation: "Maryland HB 109 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shetty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-07"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371001b8-278d-446d-b101-8fcad5883b06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0109?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "43dc78ce37944d30ee1dccaacc75d7b6b62e42fc1fbb1cae5b2851fc16fbc4b0"
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 109 (2022) — Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_265_hb0109e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0109e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0109f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Department of Health – System for Newborn Screening – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0109t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **130–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-07** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Hearing 1/19 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 1/19 at 2:50 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-26** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-08** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/371001b8-278d-446d-b101-8fcad5883b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).