republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-649.md

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Bill	Health Care Facilities - Change in Bed Capacity - Certificate of Need Exemption	Health Care Facilities - Change in Bed Capacity - Certificate of Need Exemption	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 649	Maryland SB 649 (2019)	bill	Health Care Facilities and Regulation Certifications Committees and Commissions Emergency Bills Health Care Commission Health Care Facilities Hospices Hospitals Mental and Behavioral Health Notices Parents and Guardians	enacted	Klausmeier	1	14	2	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a5a2542a-ba9c-4401-aca6-7523006d886e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB649&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	f68c2ffba1dbcd7f7296666e21538051d6ea5f79bbe9d1acd0ba97e3ef170547	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 649 (2019) — Health Care Facilities - Change in Bed Capacity - Certificate of Need Exemption

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 133–2 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Klausmeier — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Favorable with Amendments {197373/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2019-03-19 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-04-01 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-05 Third Reading Passed (133-2) passage
• 2019-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 473 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5a2542a-ba9c-4401-aca6-7523006d886e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).