---
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: "SB 440"
citation: "Maryland SB 440 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b69f3e08-1a19-483f-821e-42697d5a0a46"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0440?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5cbb0cef96e34f84d663a4b4ffbe56d007be4b57b26e2d3d5c5e69039a34b5b0"
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 SB 440 (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_708_sb0440e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0440e.pdf)
3. **First - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0440f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0440t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **129–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Reassigned to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 708 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b69f3e08-1a19-483f-821e-42697d5a0a46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).