---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund - Annual Funding and Extension"
description: "Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund - Annual Funding and Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 574"
citation: "Maryland SB 574 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc761af4-7682-4a5b-823d-c4c862229ad5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0574?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f40a75b253d0963fd22ad257e51af07cdcf21634b349cb9a3e34a3d947590bf9"
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 574 (2022) — Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund - Annual Funding and Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund - Annual Funding and Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_273_sb0574t.pdf)
2. **First - Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund - Annual Funding and Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0574f.pdf)
3. **Third - Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund - Annual Funding and Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0574t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc761af4-7682-4a5b-823d-c4c862229ad5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).