---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment"
description: "Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 625"
citation: "Maryland HB 625 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e41635-5890-4149-b82c-27c286a850f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0625?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "86336c242448af797bb6f276467207a45f5ec79f1982de1b91c28cf27b8e14b4"
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 625 (2022) — Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_707_hb0625e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0625e.pdf)
3. **First - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0625f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0625t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **125–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 707 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0e41635-5890-4149-b82c-27c286a850f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).