---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements"
description: "Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Maryland HB 477 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dffb1479-19c3-4975-9299-74e19df3c548"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0477?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "92525f103c546bb45c5167c83bf022b9944b9fe74d9dea588f2e083a15a64f01"
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 477 (2023) — Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_251_hb0477t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0477f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0477t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Appropriations and Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dffb1479-19c3-4975-9299-74e19df3c548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).