---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Tort Claims Act - Denial of Claims - Notice"
description: "Maryland Tort Claims Act - Denial of Claims - Notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Maryland HB 394 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be2840a-381d-470c-8413-5c27cd79f146"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0394?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "28f37f7378ebd7571ce6a736e350b83f73228ad5d363301934864e978879d894"
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 394 (2023) — Maryland Tort Claims Act - Denial of Claims - Notice

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Denial of Claims - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_654_hb0394t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Denial of Claims - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0394f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Denial of Claims - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0394t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be2840a-381d-470c-8413-5c27cd79f146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).