---
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: "SB 169"
citation: "Maryland SB 169 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Lam", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-08"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c436afc7-55c7-49b8-bae1-fac7b5ba778e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0169?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8488a1f415ef561d80ac744479f11f09bd8e59c899d9db97597284e8f95e889e"
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 169 (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_788_sb0169t.pdf)
2. **First - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0169f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0169t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 788 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c436afc7-55c7-49b8-bae1-fac7b5ba778e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).