---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee"
description: "Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Maryland HB 48 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belcastro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-11-01"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92fc7792-4bd0-4873-b387-707cdd148e88"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0048?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a2c4977220f57480aa61e6ac174f3033a73a0f285a8f1c1975ea9fdaa205bbb5"
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 48 (2022) — Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_80_hb0048t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0048f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0048t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Belcastro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Hearing 1/26 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-26** Hearing 1/26 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92fc7792-4bd0-4873-b387-707cdd148e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).