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type: "Bill"
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title: "Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom"
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description: "Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 798"
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citation: "Maryland SB 798 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "James", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "Zucker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5afd8675-04dc-4f62-81d3-e3d72e5e764d"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0798?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "d38316d957049e591d91792d71d22d24fe09b018f484b4023a08de973ca08dea"
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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 SB 798 (2023) — Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom
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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. **Chapter - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_244_sb0798t.pdf)
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2. **First - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0798f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0798t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Beidle — primary (person)
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- Carter — primary (person)
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- Elfreth — primary (person)
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- Feldman — primary (person)
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- Ferguson — primary (person)
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- Gile — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hester — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- James — primary (person)
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- Kagan — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Kramer — primary (person)
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- Lam — primary (person)
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- Lewis Young — primary (person)
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- M. Washington — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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- Zucker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-08** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-08** Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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- **2023-03-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-09** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-10** Second Reading Passed
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- **2023-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-29** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Second Reading Passed
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- **2023-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-31** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 244 `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/5afd8675-04dc-4f62-81d3-e3d72e5e764d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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