---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )"
description: "Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 740"
citation: "Maryland SB 740 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Ellis", "Folden", "Gile", "Lam", "Mautz", "Ready"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613a3a17-f4eb-4be4-a05c-814d828fa376"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0740?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "42b98eb63a08cfdd55acffd660bab3800edf00a791232a2d856612327b49190e"
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 740 (2025) — Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_757_sb0740e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0740e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Care Facilities - Warrior Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act for Warrior Healthcare)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0740f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act )** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0740t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/613a3a17-f4eb-4be4-a05c-814d828fa376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).