---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)"
description: "Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1251"
citation: "Maryland HB 1251 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Atterbeary", "Boafo", "Boyce", "D. Jones", "Hill", "J. Long", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Smith", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac9537c3-0c3d-40dd-813d-9576da2021cc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1251?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6439bf77306dd85062eeee44c7d70e96c9bd8c1bbdda7c728d8a9733c070b86c"
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 1251 (2025) — Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_751_hb1251t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Care Facilities and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1251f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1251t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac9537c3-0c3d-40dd-813d-9576da2021cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).