---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)"
description: "Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Maryland HB 404 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Anderton", "Bagnall", "Boafo", "Cardin", "Chang", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Davis", "Harris", "Harrison", "Healey", "Henson", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "McCaskill", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Schmidt", "Simpson", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e262474d-518c-4286-b954-5a78c1ded679"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0404?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eb3ea182ef60a5c01304c2a80ad4fd1312284bae1703dc8f327d6e2b6b9159c0"
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 404 (2024) — Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_743_hb0404e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0404e.pdf)
3. **First - Law Enforcement - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0404f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0404t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-04** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2024-04-04** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Kaufman and Valentine)
- **2024-04-08** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2024-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Kaufman and Valentine)
- **2024-04-08** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Muse, McKay and Folden)
- **2024-04-08** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Muse, McKay and Folden)
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e262474d-518c-4286-b954-5a78c1ded679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).