---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)"
description: "Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Maryland SB 299 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Feldman", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hershey", "Hettleman", "Jennings", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Smith", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b2485b-0043-4192-8754-8de13e326274"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0299?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e730b24661262f04ac2b00e130d2c51224fc922f3e349e9ae4cbcc55bbb6e1f4"
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 299 (2023) — Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_305_sb0299e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0299e.pdf)
3. **First - Food Service Facilities - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0299f.pdf)
4. **Third - Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0299t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-28** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b2485b-0043-4192-8754-8de13e326274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).