---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Maryland HB 1244 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e2676de-1051-4825-accb-51e2d1b489bd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1244?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8494181037f7c0ce87e7d73aa9f0d91c15c40ffb5fd0c3a9b20ff69e3fa923d0"
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 1244 (2025) — Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_756_hb1244e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1244e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1244f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1244t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guyton — 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)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-05** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-05** Hearing 3/05 at 2:40 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2025-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Bagnall, Hutchinson and Martinez)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Bagnall, Hutchinson and Martinez)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Kramer and Ready)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Kramer and Ready)
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 756 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e2676de-1051-4825-accb-51e2d1b489bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).