---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension"
description: "Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Maryland HB 347 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fennell", "Pruski", "Rogers", "Turner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8677d7f1-8b90-4794-8f38-ab11a9b190ab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0347?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1971a63cfd49f2c6aa293d3d20f787eb69eeacfbe11c7479d29d265b5dc76547"
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 347 (2026) — Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_300_hb0347t.pdf)
2. **First - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0347f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0347t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fennell — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** 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
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8677d7f1-8b90-4794-8f38-ab11a9b190ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).