---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease"
description: "Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "Maryland HB 1188 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Chisholm", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Henson", "Hill", "Howell", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Landis", "McComas", "Morgan", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Jones", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17618390-cc1f-4b81-a777-6d2cdadd5a71"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1188?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "de0fb497cc88e3d83e251b37cd0049072b5a625202f69bd06ef00ec3da9ae3f9"
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 1188 (2022) — Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_279_hb1188e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1188e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease and Trait - Information for Individuals and Health Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1188f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1188t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Jones — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Hearing 3/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-08** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17618390-cc1f-4b81-a777-6d2cdadd5a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).