---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients"
description: "Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "Maryland HB 153 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-08-14"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8064357-0b63-4f89-b9fd-4c48f6e895c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0153?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "996a37c8c8048f6c6e064637c349cb569e01748915ee07def0b181547aac462c"
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 153 (2024) — Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_838_hb0153e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0153e.pdf)
3. **First - Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0153f.pdf)
4. **Third - Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0153t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Reassigned to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 838 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8064357-0b63-4f89-b9fd-4c48f6e895c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).