---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 975"
citation: "Maryland SB 975 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Kelly", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Smith", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/494f6cf7-7f6d-431c-a42b-bbabe0e308b7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0975?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e01d1dfdde09c376fbe94f611efb9f86396d164d7f65ba221813ab724eccde44"
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 975 (2024) — Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_768_sb0975e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0975e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety – Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program – Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0975f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0975t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **100–35** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Miller /363426/1 — **37–96** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Motion Laid Over (Senator Kelly) Adopted
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Motion Special Order until 3/19 (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- **2024-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Motion Special Order until 3/26 (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- **2024-03-26** Committee Amendment {
- **2024-03-26** Motion Special Order until 4/2 (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-08** 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 768 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/494f6cf7-7f6d-431c-a42b-bbabe0e308b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).