---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions"
description: "State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Maryland SB 24 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-30"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c66cf4d-6f14-41a0-b51f-c99c79e46b63"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0024?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b5f4f7897097bb0bc20353aaac9d6ff33f25e3b81a2322ca082e5ac34eebcbb2"
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 SB 24 (2026) — State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_92_sb0024t.pdf)
2. **First - State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0024f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0024t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c66cf4d-6f14-41a0-b51f-c99c79e46b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).