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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reproductive Health Protection Act"
description: "Reproductive Health Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "Maryland SB 859 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aa0ad8c-2b5f-4a14-9921-7f6a29e8a4a1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0859?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2f4560e2c7942ac6292379fc48b5ac32a36510a14344a5c929770219c06335ba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 859 (2023) — Reproductive Health Protection Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Reproductive Health Protection Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_246_sb0859t.pdf)
2. **First - Reproductive Health Protection Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0859f.pdf)
3. **Third - Reproductive Health Protection Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0859t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aa0ad8c-2b5f-4a14-9921-7f6a29e8a4a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).