---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents"
description: "Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 824"
citation: "Maryland SB 824 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a01616-4079-4ffa-9af8-ef2307c9fbc7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0824?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1d2fd08281622d32f56a0d811a46f515b0d698596c5de6607c267d74241ad59e"
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 824 (2022) — Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_312_sb0824e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0824e.pdf)
3. **First - Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0824f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health – Accessibility of Electronic Advance Care Planning Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0824t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** 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`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/31 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
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 312 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98a01616-4079-4ffa-9af8-ef2307c9fbc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).