---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program"
description: "Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 873"
citation: "Maryland SB 873 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f3e81a4-df66-488a-ba6f-d4bffcb893f0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0873?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c1362d3365c662631b4c86435fb193956fe44350cb6febdab32e24b8e5551f7d"
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 873 (2024) — Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_366_sb0873t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0873f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0873t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 366 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f3e81a4-df66-488a-ba6f-d4bffcb893f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).