---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period"
description: "Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 939"
citation: "Maryland HB 939 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857696a0-d59a-4664-9f62-87804a01efa8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0939?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "734a3a2673a47a36051b65b5944108da0bb81cbdd2bfd755adbca43b10bc729f"
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 939 (2026) — Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_323_hb0939e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0939e.pdf)
3. **First - Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0939f.pdf)
4. **Third - Certificates of Birth - Filing - Time Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0939t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 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`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/857696a0-d59a-4664-9f62-87804a01efa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).