--- type: "Bill" title: "Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program" description: "Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 158" citation: "Maryland HB 158 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 3 action_count: 15 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2024-09-28" last_action: "2025-04-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cc4daaf-54f6-4c8b-a38f-16c0c73c51cd" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0158?ys=2025RS&search=True" source_hash: "74ab1b763a19e5f7a52a241058047f65e5d45aeeed866f6b2f9005795baaf4e6" 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 158 (2025) — Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_35_hb0158t.pdf) 2. **First - Department of Aging - Social Connections Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0158f.pdf) 3. **Third - Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0158t.pdf) ## Votes - On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction` - **2025-01-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee` - **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. - **2025-01-10** Hearing canceled - **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m. - **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments - **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-02-14** Referred Finance `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-04-01** Returned Passed - **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cc4daaf-54f6-4c8b-a38f-16c0c73c51cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).