---
type: "Bill"
title: "State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements"
description: "State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 974"
citation: "Maryland SB 974 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Carter", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Gallion", "Gile", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "Kagan", "Kelly", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Mautz", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c77ef14d-9bf6-400b-9bec-ae3416cde5b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0974?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a9fc4a5d3d1f716fc80ce9da6084610d50628fee9d2d64898a4a543bd6ab4f7c"
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 974 (2023) — State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_106_sb0974t.pdf)
2. **First - State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0974f.pdf)
3. **Third - State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0974t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Senator Bailey) Adopted
- **2023-03-30** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Senator Bailey) Adopted
- **2023-03-30** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-08** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2023-04-08** Hearing 4/08 at 12:45 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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 106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c77ef14d-9bf6-400b-9bec-ae3416cde5b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).