republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2023/sb-798.md

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Bill	Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom	Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2023	SB 798	Maryland SB 798 (2023)	bill		enacted	Beidle Carter Elfreth Feldman Ferguson Gile Guzzone Hester Hettleman James Kagan King Kramer Lam Lewis Young M. Washington Smith Waldstreicher Watson Zucker	3	25	0	2023-02-06	2023-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/5afd8675-04dc-4f62-81d3-e3d72e5e764d	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0798?ys=2023RS&search=True	d38316d957049e591d91792d71d22d24fe09b018f484b4023a08de973ca08dea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 798 (2023) — Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Beidle — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Ferguson — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• James — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kramer — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• Lewis Young — primary (person)
• M. Washington — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)
• Zucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2023-02-07 Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-08 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-08 Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-08 Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
• 2023-03-09 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-09 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-09 Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-03-10 Second Reading Passed
• 2023-03-14 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-03-16 Referred Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-29 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Second Reading Passed
• 2023-03-30 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-03-31 Returned Passed
• 2023-05-03 Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 244 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5afd8675-04dc-4f62-81d3-e3d72e5e764d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).