---
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: "SB 340"
citation: "Maryland SB 340 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cac426a-3a83-48af-9198-a1fabfe4e5c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0340?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1790849f20031b2b2fbdf1b3384079d45b9b9591b5c1c8f5386802f6bfc171b1"
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 340 (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_761_sb0340t.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/sb/sb0340f.pdf)
3. **Third - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0340t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cac426a-3a83-48af-9198-a1fabfe4e5c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).