republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-945.md

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Bill	Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Notification of Investigations and Establishment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative	Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Notification of Investigations and Establishment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 945	Maryland HB 945 (2026)	bill		enacted	Alston Bagnall Cullison Guzzone Hill Hutchinson Kaufman Kipke Lopez Martinez Reilly Rosenberg Ross S. Johnson Sample-Hughes Taveras White Holland	3	16	2	2026-02-05	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/611461c8-83a2-4627-b024-6f9cfab5344f	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0945?ys=2026RS	80f7c912aabd9ff61f5904c356b052363db6474bb577c172ca4956826807840c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 945 (2026) — Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Notification of Investigations and Establishment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Notification of Investigations and Establishment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Nursing Homes - Complaints - Notification and Consultation (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Notification of Investigations and Establishment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 126–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alston — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• Ross — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 First Reading Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-26 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-26 Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-21 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-13 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/611461c8-83a2-4627-b024-6f9cfab5344f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).