---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement"
description: "Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 792"
citation: "Maryland SB 792 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364b4a3c-b232-45d0-a0a0-c2603a6c220f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0792?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "79249c21c18dbecdb0f94ce535e2ef680f4e7bae0971a68fed27110b70b6de06"
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 792 (2026) — Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_162_sb0792t.pdf)
2. **First - Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0792f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0792t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–4** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Arikan /703220/1 — **36–96** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Arikan /193324/1 — **36–96** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **99–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** 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.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/364b4a3c-b232-45d0-a0a0-c2603a6c220f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).