---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions"
description: "Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1118"
citation: "Maryland HB 1118 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bagnall", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Fennell", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Mireku-North", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Smith", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32c00bf9-1883-4b84-b894-e74871e40afd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1118?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "74594fc29f627cf1d4de308688c3cc0498d1e4273c2d94e492460ec38c247fc8"
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 1118 (2026) — Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_637_hb1118e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1118e.pdf)
3. **First - Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Mental Health Conditions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1118f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1118t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **132–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **130–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Addison — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-09** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates White Holland, Reilly and Woorman)
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates White Holland, Reilly and Woorman)
- **2026-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Gile, Lam and Mautz)
- **2026-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Gile, Lam and Mautz)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32c00bf9-1883-4b84-b894-e74871e40afd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).