---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Qualification"
description: "Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Qualification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Maryland SB 773 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions and Procedures", "Civil Actions", "Claims", "Courts", "Evidence", "Health Occupations", "Medical Malpractice", "Salaries and Compensation", "Witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0302d01-5b30-40c6-aa44-9335316b4871"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB773&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "25572962a65aa2dbae0069ae45845d3bded99b3e73c9580536e62093364a26ce"
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 773 (2019) — Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Qualification

## 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/sb/sb0773f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 3/06 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {338570/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2019-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (135-3) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0302d01-5b30-40c6-aa44-9335316b4871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).