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IntroducedJan 28, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 26, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Health - Licensure of Hospitals - Ownership Requirements
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 27, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 599
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 96
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Taylor
- Addison
- Embry
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Fair
- Korman
- Roberts
- Toles
- Alston
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Behler
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Harrison
- Moon
- Simmons
- Williams
- Boyce
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Odom
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Cullison
NO: 37
Actions
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (96-37)
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Feb 23, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Health
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Morhaim, Dan (none)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hill, Terri
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Krienke, Jane (Maryland Hospital Association)


