republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2025/hb-1251.md

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Bill	Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)	Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	HB 1251	Maryland HB 1251 (2025)	bill		enacted	Amprey Atterbeary Boafo Boyce D. Jones Hill J. Long Pasteur Patterson Smith Taylor Toles Wells White Holland Wilkins Williams	3	16	2	2025-02-07	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/ac9537c3-0c3d-40dd-813d-9576da2021cc	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1251?ys=2025RS&search=True	6439bf77306dd85062eeee44c7d70e96c9bd8c1bbdda7c728d8a9733c070b86c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1251 (2025) — Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Health Care Facilities and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 139–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amprey — primary (person)
• Atterbeary — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Toles — primary (person)
• Wells — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wilkins — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-07 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-02-12 Hearing canceled
• 2025-02-12 Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-15 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-15 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2025-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-03-17 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-04-04 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 Second Reading Passed
• 2025-04-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-04-07 Returned Passed
• 2025-05-20 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac9537c3-0c3d-40dd-813d-9576da2021cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).