---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Maryland SB 242 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Hershey", "Klausmeier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc451770-0b57-4fc4-8a87-9faa57cfdd97"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0242?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "02aa7c9ff64486eabd6ec13deb8fe8d93c3a1a009980f98a0b6e16cf43e19872"
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 242 (2022) — Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_sb0242e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0242e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0242f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - System for Newborn Screening - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0242t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc451770-0b57-4fc4-8a87-9faa57cfdd97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).