---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 626"
citation: "Maryland SB 626 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kelley", "King", "Lam", "Pinsky", "Rosapepe", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db070ff-6905-41ad-b698-5e461e6f82d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0626?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ac843124e6187c614743cfc488022128e68a62ba7338c5503989670c4ff0a244"
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 626 (2022) — Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_395_sb0626t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0626f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0626t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db070ff-6905-41ad-b698-5e461e6f82d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).