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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)"
description: "Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "Maryland HB 278 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-24"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27153c80-100f-480a-8e60-3231f89c78e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0278?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "044b1bbe247a867f302853d187b6f580342ac54b194440bb5d4f3237ab851bdf"
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 HB 278 (2026) — Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_93_hb0278t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0278f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0278t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **10232** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Health Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Hearing 2/05 at 1:45 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27153c80-100f-480a-8e60-3231f89c78e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).