---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation"
description: "Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1389"
citation: "Maryland HB 1389 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Boafo", "D. Jones", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Forbes", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Lehman", "Lopez", "McCaskill", "Palakovich Carr", "Phillips", "Ruff", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Watson", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wolek", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b92411e8-300d-4cd4-9c83-e27d299fb305"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1389?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "459d2d283ac2c476a84dbb3bd9481b59c2527c6125780bf8a27c5954c7e7affa"
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 1389 (2026) — Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_29_hb1389t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1389f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1389t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b92411e8-300d-4cd4-9c83-e27d299fb305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).