---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures"
description: "Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 372"
citation: "Maryland HB 372 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b802f64-145d-4a56-8fd3-190b68c85c8f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0372?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c10420e5694f0b15ed36f769862330d1560db611809895aa6c068529bd072359"
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 372 (2026) — Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_789_hb0372t.pdf)
2. **First - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0372f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0372t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **97–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-02-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 789 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b802f64-145d-4a56-8fd3-190b68c85c8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).