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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Health - Advance Directives - Witness Requirements, Advance Directives Services, and Fund"
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description: "Public Health - Advance Directives - Witness Requirements, Advance Directives Services, and Fund"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 188"
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citation: "Maryland HB 188 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Health", "Insurance - Health", "Advance Medical Directives", "Committees and Commissions", "Comptroller", "Electronic Communication", "Health and Mental Hygiene", "Department of", "Identification", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations", "Witnesses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Morhaim"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-01-19"
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last_action: "2017-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25a67e2-f2b7-4591-b290-5782c783ae7e"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB188&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "7b749d93ba75caa784af60b281f9798fbbc69b3085ce8c90c475061a6317158b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 188 (2017) — Public Health - Advance Directives - Witness Requirements, Advance Directives Services, and Fund
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0188f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **134–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **130–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Morhaim — primary (person)
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- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
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- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
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- Lam — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Saab — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-19** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {516286/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (130-4) `passage`
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- **2017-03-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-31** Favorable with Amendments {367779/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
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- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (134-4) `passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
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- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 667 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f25a67e2-f2b7-4591-b290-5782c783ae7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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