---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions"
description: "Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Maryland HB 1122 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5e6a23-05e8-4010-befa-6aa9b3b59045"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1122?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9d8677218e097f1514fe2519996996751b3731ce243b2bbbb87dc4589b66cee3"
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 1122 (2024) — Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_817_hb1122e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1122e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1122f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1122t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 817 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5e6a23-05e8-4010-befa-6aa9b3b59045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).