---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships"
description: "State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Maryland SB 239 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae648ebf-327a-43b0-be0a-ac86e6560704"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0239?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ee084f5fd7990761ad79596942ab8b3cab931f357c2750426df7740766cba817"
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 239 (2023) — State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_120_sb0239t.pdf)
2. **First - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0239f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0239t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 120 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae648ebf-327a-43b0-be0a-ac86e6560704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).