---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding"
description: "Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 973"
citation: "Maryland SB 973 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14d36f8d-0b77-42b1-97d8-3c6694b54ada"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0973?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e1d6f9cfea7deae648f01389b59f151ac1f12ce58712a065da65bdf1b621fe0f"
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 973 (2024) — Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_790_sb0973e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0973e.pdf)
3. **First - Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0973f.pdf)
4. **Third - Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0973t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 790 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14d36f8d-0b77-42b1-97d8-3c6694b54ada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).