---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)"
description: "Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 624"
citation: "Maryland HB 624 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Cullison", "Fair", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Pasteur", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Stewart", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55951787-846e-4322-8013-a0b63377c9ad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0624?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "fdd217629163e2d6fe7d75ee67038a58953c357cd65b5a2501eb1ef293876871"
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 624 (2026) — Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_236_hb0624e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0624e.pdf)
3. **First - Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0624f.pdf)
4. **Third - Hospitals - Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0624t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **94–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **96–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55951787-846e-4322-8013-a0b63377c9ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).