---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act"
description: "Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Maryland HB 119 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-13"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d4b2820-d40d-46aa-918c-80b0bc3f1c34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0119?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "58ab23704c8ed8886f0e7699169e0c3ebab73c6d2545e91fbcb511b1e471d14a"
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 119 (2024) — Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_752_hb0119e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0119e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0119f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0119t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 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`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-06** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d4b2820-d40d-46aa-918c-80b0bc3f1c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).