---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Students With Sickle Cell Disease - Revisions"
description: "Public Schools - Students With Sickle Cell Disease - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1349"
citation: "Maryland HB 1349 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Diseases", "Education", "Education", "State Department of", "Examinations", "Health", "Health", "Department of", "Health Occupations", "Industry and Technology", "Job Training", "Medical Treatments", "Public Schools", "Reports", "Safety", "Students", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f05afcbd-0d55-49d5-a39b-e2fc38717ea9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1349&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "b24e0e5a80feea95d951962c1aa7b9a1fdd5c74e9f1b4c20b3160facd0f491a5"
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 1349 (2019) — Public Schools - Students With Sickle Cell Disease - Revisions

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1349f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)
- Acevero — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- Charles — cosponsor (person)
- Crosby — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- D.M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- W. Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2019-02-27** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {765164/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f05afcbd-0d55-49d5-a39b-e2fc38717ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).