---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks"
description: "Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 806"
citation: "Maryland SB 806 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Gile", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jackson", "Kramer", "Lam", "Mautz", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4f75053-5577-415c-8400-d577f45b46db"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0806?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "efecb3d79a5e936cd9739b796f2aa76d1f2c801dc56c1aadbd029566a58f7bbc"
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 806 (2026) — Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_371_sb0806t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0806f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0806t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee — primary (organization)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/03 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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Health)
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 371 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4f75053-5577-415c-8400-d577f45b46db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).