---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Maryland SB 43 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-10-29"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee3b9354-9ecd-4806-a8c4-460698aaf810"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0043?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "74d43dca8d93df1191e952c17f7283d22885177a12b6bfbf1208d9cb35d571f9"
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 43 (2025) — Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_116_sb0043t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board and Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0043f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0043t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Finance and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee3b9354-9ecd-4806-a8c4-460698aaf810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).