---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council"
description: "Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "Maryland SB 188 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Carozza", "Kramer", "Lam", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Salling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51198b3b-d767-467d-b0d0-40232577d096"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0188?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "67a7cf225cb8477248fad2840c0fea22f150b5342c7c25f64604bd601cdfa4b7"
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 SB 188 (2023) — Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_361_sb0188t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0188f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0188t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51198b3b-d767-467d-b0d0-40232577d096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).