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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies"
description: "Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Maryland SB 159 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-10-29"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce02e82-5452-47e4-8fe8-dfacb8f8c377"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0159?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4d0547eb2440bbbbd7ad4059d79bb9c4fe3da195a62dfc22d43c20a9b9e51ad9"
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 159 (2026) — Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_282_sb0159e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0159e.pdf)
3. **First - Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies, Reviews, and Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0159f.pdf)
4. **Third - Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0159t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1268** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **11819** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- A. Washington — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Watson, Harris and Gallion)
- **2026-04-10** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Watson, Harris and Gallion)
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Martinez, Reilly and Kaufman)
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Martinez, Reilly and Kaufman)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ce02e82-5452-47e4-8fe8-dfacb8f8c377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).