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                        IntroducedFeb 03, 2025
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                        Passed SenateMar 17, 2025
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                        Passed HouseMar 31, 2025
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                        Signed into LawMay 13, 2025
                    
                    
                    Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         executive • May 13, 2025: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
                        
                        
                        
            Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 848
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                Votes
                        NO: 33
                                            NO: 32
                                            NOT VOTING: 1
                                                        NO: 29
                                            YES: 98
                                                
                                        - Speaker
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Toles
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Atterbeary
- Feldmark
- Lewis, R.
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lopez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Williams
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Boafo
- Harris
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wims
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Cardin
- Hill
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Chang
- Holmes
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stein
- Woorman
- Charkoudian
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Queen
NO: 33
                                            ABSENT: 5
                                                        Actions
            - May 13, 2025 | executive- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436
 
- Mar 31, 2025 | Senate- Returned Passed
 
- Mar 31, 2025 | House- Third Reading Passed (98-33)
 
- Mar 28, 2025 | House- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
 
- Mar 24, 2025 | House- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 
- Mar 17, 2025 | House- Referred Health and Government Operations
 
- Mar 17, 2025 | Senate- Third Reading Passed (29-15)
 
- Mar 14, 2025 | Senate- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments {263127/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Carozza) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments {263127/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {383728/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (14-29)
- Floor Amendment {483327/1 (Senator Carozza) Rejected (12-32)
- Floor Amendment {553827/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (12-33)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 
- Feb 06, 2025 | Senate- Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
 
- Feb 03, 2025 | Senate- First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation
 
Bill Texts 
        
            - Text - First - Public Health Abortion Grant Program - EstablishmentPDF
- Amendments {263127/1 (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {383728/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (14-29) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {483327/1 (Senator Carozza) Rejected (12-32) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {553827/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (12-33) (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Public Health Abortion Grant Program - EstablishmentPDF
- Text - Chapter - Public Health Abortion Grant Program - EstablishmentPDF
Documents
        
            - Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government OperationsPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: Health and Government OperationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Macomber, Virginia (Women's Democratic Club)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Frost, Lesley (Nationa Council of Jewish Women, MD Action Team)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rubinson, Harriet
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Bergofsky, Linda
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- King, Roxann (American Association of University Women of Maryland (AAUW MD))
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Carbone, Judy A.
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- McCann-Yeh, Lynn (Baltimore Abortion Fund)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Scott, Suzie (Moms for Liberty Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Davies, MiQuel (National Network of Abortion Funds)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Pori, Bella (Center for Reproductive Rights)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Cree, Annaston (Congresswoman April McClain Delaney)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Williams, Irnise (OAG)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Morgan, Jessica (Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW))
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- Celentano, Matthew (The League of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Jakeya (Reproductive Justice Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Font, Lucy (Partners in Abortion Care)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lierman, Brooke (Comptroller of Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Turnbull, Lindsey (Montgomery County Commission for Women)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Charlap, Emily (Coalition for HB930)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Esmaili, Sawyeh (National Women's Law Center)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Jasen, Debi
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- CARRICK, SHARON
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kelly, Ariana (Maryland Commission for Women)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn (American College of Nurse Midwives -Maryland Affiliate)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Navabi, Jennifer (Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Duffy, Cat (National Health Law Program)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Tanner, Kaylan (All* Above All)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rosen, Julie
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Kate (Montgomery County Council)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Mariappuram, Rosann (SiX Action)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Alperovitz-Bichell, Kari (UULM-MD)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Esko, Rebekah
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Enagonio, Liz
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Women's Caucus, Maryland
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- HGO Testimony, UNF -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- HGO Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Enagonio, Liz
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Alperovitz-Bichell, Kari (UULM-MD)
- HGO Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)


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