---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing"
description: "State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Maryland HB 236 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d295b654-c67e-4347-a263-c7b5136c9bee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0236?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "55ae66ae5c0dbe1db46b6fa47b3e8e65d2d0c8d0cc472a723014944e7410914d"
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 236 (2026) — State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_125_hb0236t.pdf)
2. **First - State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0236f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0236t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 236 HB 241 HB 262 HB 301 HB 485 HB 934 HB 1180 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d295b654-c67e-4347-a263-c7b5136c9bee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).