---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Dental Services - Access"
description: "Public Health - Dental Services - Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Maryland HB 290 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Taveras", "White", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c837c7c-c382-464e-8c69-e2f3ac2d56a9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0290?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7349c64cc5d56acb1346e9ee86210a8f3a3766a9bf3d209523b4d2817f00b232"
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 290 (2023) — Public Health - Dental Services - Access

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Dental Services - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_377_hb0290e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Dental Services - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0290e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Dental Services - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0290f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Dental Services - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0290t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White — 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 Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-29** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c837c7c-c382-464e-8c69-e2f3ac2d56a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).