---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 506"
citation: "Maryland HB 506 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Social Services - Generally", "Committees and Commissions", "Food Stamps", "Health", "Department of", "Health Occupations", "Minors", "Reports", "Sunset", "Welfare", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5126bcdf-9a64-4672-9a40-aea296af2113"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB506&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "e85d6929fa708ca248719c27a653fc09cf1c8e72c082ba88532b52d80e707197"
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 506 (2019) — Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0506f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Feldmark — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable with Amendments {104265/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-01** Third Reading Passed (136-2) `passage`
- **2019-03-04** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-22** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5126bcdf-9a64-4672-9a40-aea296af2113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).