---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "Maryland SB 636 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "McCray", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "Young", "Zucker"]
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/4a080429-4b2e-413d-9773-a5725f3a6826"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0636?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e0f3d8cf4697e331ba7fb0edf582a89c9b9249745f102bc5ead1d09cb145613e"
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 636 (2022) — Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_464_sb0636t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0636f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0636t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **126–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-05** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `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`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/29 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
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a080429-4b2e-413d-9773-a5725f3a6826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).