---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026)"
description: "Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "Maryland SB 326 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carozza", "Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/297461f6-e46e-4d55-9b1a-ce2569cda65a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0326?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "23d18b0fb9afe185b255d99c26a122cdcae11ef4a3d8cd68248a560d67840da9"
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 326 (2026) — Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_222_sb0326t.pdf)
2. **First - Physician Assistants - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0326f.pdf)
3. **Third - Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0326t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/297461f6-e46e-4d55-9b1a-ce2569cda65a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).