---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death Certificates - Fees - First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty"
description: "Death Certificates - Fees - First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 900"
citation: "Maryland HB 900 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke", "McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bda131d-ef9f-4f85-b6e6-add1afdeb19f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0900?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f5243dfd5e9d3c97c612af8511c5e628b5123efb81e061dd669a2a19282a9429"
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 900 (2022) — Death Certificates - Fees - First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Death Certificates - Fees - First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_74_hb0900t.pdf)
2. **First - Death Certificates - Fees - First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0900f.pdf)
3. **Third - Death Certificates - Fees - First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0900t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kipke — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 3/09 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/09 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bda131d-ef9f-4f85-b6e6-add1afdeb19f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).