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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nursing Homes - COVID-19 and Other Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Visitation (The Gloria Daytz Lewis Act)"
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description: "Nursing Homes - COVID-19 and Other Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Visitation (The Gloria Daytz Lewis Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 983"
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citation: "Maryland HB 983 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lehman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-05"
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last_action: "2021-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5252427-75fb-408d-ad94-266d36b980e7"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0983?ys=2021RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "6c7ec4967fbb3aee9458aa9b2dc0c5dcda426c37c182ff62320fc9e45ac97c1a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 983 (2021) — Nursing Homes - COVID-19 and Other Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Visitation (The Gloria Daytz Lewis Act)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Nursing Homes - COVID-19 and Other Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Visitation (The Gloria Daytz Lewis Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_789_hb0983t.pdf)
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2. **First - Nursing Homes - COVID-19 - Visitation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0983f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Nursing Homes - COVID-19 and Other Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Visitation (The Gloria Daytz Lewis Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0983t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lehman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-05** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
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- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
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- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 789 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5252427-75fb-408d-ad94-266d36b980e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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