---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland"
description: "Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "Maryland SB 493 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hershey", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "Mautz", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bc95943-7b21-44f2-941b-8c362845a9c5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0493?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "699e54a32ac3144a3ac434d99509afc11c13029166342102fea7947b9445223d"
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 493 (2023) — Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_342_sb0493t.pdf)
2. **First - Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0493f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0493t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-23** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-23** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bc95943-7b21-44f2-941b-8c362845a9c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).