---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Maryland SB 708 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman", "Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6aa72e3-130a-4e30-a609-079feb3f963e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0708?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2ab47459830e3a8ab5502e68310dd01d3d98075e24b1a491344c544cdbc780f6"
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 708 (2022) — Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_43_sb0708e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0708e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General and Emergency Procurement Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0708f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Inspector General** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0708t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **106–28** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-28** Hearing 3/29 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 43 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6aa72e3-130a-4e30-a609-079feb3f963e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).