---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer"
description: "Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "Maryland SB 493 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48148bd9-e553-4185-9d79-2c81b3c55a9d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0493?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4876578b386719acfd79e9af3f283dd7ae04af83d6979c0249d392c7f02cc11f"
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 493 (2026) — Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_25_sb0493t.pdf)
2. **First - Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0493f.pdf)
3. **Third - Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0493t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `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`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 25 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48148bd9-e553-4185-9d79-2c81b3c55a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).