---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief"
description: "Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Maryland HB 723 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Attorney General", "Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aac6a24-9ad4-4073-8c7d-847651cfafcb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0723?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "351dc3f3df1bdbdbf666cfa2fdeb3f95955cdb3225d2df9fd7f527816818f8fc"
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 723 (2024) — Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_141_hb0723t.pdf)
2. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0723f.pdf)
3. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0723t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **123–16** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Office of the Attorney General — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **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`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aac6a24-9ad4-4073-8c7d-847651cfafcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).