---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health - Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Testing"
description: "Health - Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Testing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "Maryland HB 96 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-12"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e433f80-5051-4d89-beab-1e0fbfd7adf4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0096?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "580790bfa2ade44078f8378ef8fcbb0afb9a9e374be2ef3d59dfdbfd9300e4dd"
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 96 (2024) — Health - Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Testing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health - Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Testing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_177_hb0096t.pdf)
2. **First - Health - Newborn Screening Program - Krabbe Leukodystrophy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0096f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health - Newborn Screening Program - Implementation of Testing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0096t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **137–2** (pass) · lower
- HB 96 HB 209 HB 685 HB 986 HB 1507 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-12** 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.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Finance
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e433f80-5051-4d89-beab-1e0fbfd7adf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).