republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-671.md

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Bill	Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation	Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 671	Maryland HB 671 (2026)	bill	A	enacted	Lopez Shetty	3	13	2	2026-02-02	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f8920447-d317-48a7-91b0-48320df182c2	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0671?ys=2026RS	22acb48ab63c3da4c36fcdcec269207889a79475fd2fd0f8b6fe7fef74f37ad9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 671 (2026) — Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 131–2 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lopez — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-19 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-04-06 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 762 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8920447-d317-48a7-91b0-48320df182c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).