---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation"
description: "Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 671"
citation: "Maryland HB 671 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez", "Shetty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8920447-d317-48a7-91b0-48320df182c2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0671?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "22acb48ab63c3da4c36fcdcec269207889a79475fd2fd0f8b6fe7fef74f37ad9"
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 671 (2026) — Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_762_hb0671t.pdf)
2. **First - Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0671f.pdf)
3. **Third - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0671t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** 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 762 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8920447-d317-48a7-91b0-48320df182c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).