---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)"
description: "Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Maryland HB 288 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Rosenberg", "Taveras", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f15d295-d16b-4a4d-8ecd-b4c2ff187480"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0288?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "aacaa4c298e6618eba365af476c98f9de905902cafba54b384d1b247d0781443"
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 HB 288 (2023) — Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_304_hb0288t.pdf)
2. **First - Food Service Facilities - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0288f.pdf)
3. **Third - Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0288t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-29** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Rereferred to Finance
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f15d295-d16b-4a4d-8ecd-b4c2ff187480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).