---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disclosure of Medical Records - Compulsory Process - Timeline"
description: "Disclosure of Medical Records - Compulsory Process - Timeline"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Maryland SB 230 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Health Occupations", "Civil Actions and Procedures", "Disclosure", "Fees", "Health", "Health Care Facilities", "Records", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2687211d-a805-462a-83be-4021757f970e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB230&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e6478fec97b85789c01a34b68a83c273fd968d0d6d93cb34050d00d4cc3ad712"
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 230 (2018) — Disclosure of Medical Records - Compulsory Process - Timeline

## 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/sb/sb0230f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zirkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {147070/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Delegate Barkley) Rejected
- **2018-04-06** Special Order until 4/7 (Delegate Barkley) Adopted
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2687211d-a805-462a-83be-4021757f970e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).