---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup"
description: "Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "Maryland SB 734 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd71d1c7-1fd7-4011-9560-7ee25f261dcf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0734?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "61fd26b2ac6e99c85c1cc1e8423b1e95e543812512cb0ec038111fcfe6f4cbf1"
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 734 (2022) — Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_667_sb0734e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0734e.pdf)
3. **First - Health and Health Insurance – Primary Care Reform Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0734f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0734t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 2/23 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`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 667 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd71d1c7-1fd7-4011-9560-7ee25f261dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).