republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-340.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	SB 340	Maryland SB 340 (2026)	bill	A	enacted	Hettleman	3	17	2	2026-01-23	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5cac426a-3a83-48af-9198-a1fabfe4e5c3	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0340?ys=2026RS	1790849f20031b2b2fbdf1b3384079d45b9b9591b5c1c8f5386802f6bfc171b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 340 (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 — 122–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hettleman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-24 Referred Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-07 Hearing canceled
• 2026-04-07 Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m.
• 2026-04-07 Hearing canceled
• 2026-04-07 Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cac426a-3a83-48af-9198-a1fabfe4e5c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).