---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reproductive Health Protection Act"
description: "Reproductive Health Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 808"
citation: "Maryland HB 808 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Embry", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Moon", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/792e7564-4cad-42ed-b930-1b4e98e73a00"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0808?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c1611413355670833b0a8658a1ee4642f015fb9817ce4a9dceda902c49de2d75"
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 808 (2023) — Reproductive Health Protection Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Reproductive Health Protection Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_247_hb0808t.pdf)
2. **First - Reproductive Health Protection Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0808f.pdf)
3. **Third - Reproductive Health Protection Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0808t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 247 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/792e7564-4cad-42ed-b930-1b4e98e73a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).