---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom"
description: "Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "Maryland HB 705 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "A. Jones", "Acevero", "Addison", "Allen", "Alston", "Atterbeary", "B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Barve", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Chang", "Charkoudian", "Charles", "Clippinger", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Harrison", "Henson", "Holmes", "J. Lewis", "J. Long", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Korman", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Love", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Reznik", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stein", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Vogel", "Watson", "Wells", "White", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wilson", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9102ff05-02aa-445c-8cc0-fd37669388c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0705?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e19eabb5bd30bfe2b2a5fbd3a74d24f1a79f90b9828893dceabb1e44c20d8454"
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 705 (2023) — Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_245_hb0705t.pdf)
2. **First - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0705f.pdf)
3. **Third - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0705t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- A. Jones — primary (person)
- Acevero — primary (person)
- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Motion Special Order until 3/8 (Delegate Wivell) Adopted
- **2023-03-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9102ff05-02aa-445c-8cc0-fd37669388c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).