---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Facilities - Surgical Smoke - Smoke Evacuation Systems"
description: "Health Care Facilities - Surgical Smoke - Smoke Evacuation Systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1087"
citation: "Maryland HB 1087 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-10"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439badc3-1015-473b-ba1b-c68ee7d0d674"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1087?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "85204d5e4d4c9ae691e950047c4177f8f7dbe990e7fb6f5fc711fbd931cd859a"
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 1087 (2026) — Health Care Facilities - Surgical Smoke - Smoke Evacuation Systems

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Care Facilities - Surgical Smoke - Smoke Evacuation Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_794_hb1087t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Care Facilities - Surgical Smoke - Smoke Evacuation Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1087f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Care Facilities - Surgical Smoke - Smoke Evacuation Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1087t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- S. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-10** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 794 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/439badc3-1015-473b-ba1b-c68ee7d0d674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).