---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting"
description: "Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 532"
citation: "Maryland SB 532 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman", "Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3030b920-b990-4ac0-a147-089538d1c281"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0532?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "fbda17af93afdc316504294cef5b21b3d45e88ff2931e16020d7205c9f0f3597"
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 532 (2026) — Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_675_sb0532t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0532f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0532t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **31–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Appropriations Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3030b920-b990-4ac0-a147-089538d1c281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).