---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health – Medical Research Funding"
description: "Health – Medical Research Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1804"
citation: "Maryland HB 1804 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Operating Budget", "Public Health", "Appropriations", "Governor", "Grants", "Health", "Health Care Facilities", "Health", "Department of", "Interest", "Investments", "Medical Research", "Partnerships", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Busch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ef2a0f-6fb1-44f4-bb82-d409c69da819"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1804&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "347570f8f02fedc794b0fd822de133f62f0bb6c71256230998a6968f7193960b"
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 HB 1804 (2018) — Health – Medical Research Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1804f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Busch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2018-03-12** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {114564/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51ef2a0f-6fb1-44f4-bb82-d409c69da819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).