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IntroducedJan 29, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 10, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became LawApr 28, 2026
Maryland Senate Bill
Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 28, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 411
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- McCraycosponsor
Votes
YES: 42
- Mr. President
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Love
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Benson
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Zucker
- Feldman
- Hester
NO: 0
YES: 97
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Taylor
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Toles
- Alston
- Edelson
- Korman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Amprey
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Healey
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Johnson, S.
NO: 34
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 28, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Health
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Third Reading Passed (97-34)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
- Rereferred to Health
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments {353621/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Duke, Malinda (The Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland (NPAM))
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Morhaim, Dan (none)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Miller Smith, Nora (League of Women Voters Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Langlotz, Ronald (Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Reynolds, Todd (AFT Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Yunda, Allison (National Domestic Workers Alliance)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Arikat, Loraine (1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Noel, Lauren
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Williamson, Sam (Public Justice Center)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Alexandra (Registered Nurse)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Lan, Miranda (Metro Baltimore AFL CIO)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Dalto, Michael
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ait rais, Houda (1199)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Saucedo, David (1199SEIU Member)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Palmisano, Anna (Marylanders for Patient Rights)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Damian (Sheppard Pratt)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Shrout, Amanda (LifeBridge Health)
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Caulker Nelson, Lucy (1199 Member)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Cardillo, Catherine (Holy Cross Hospital/Trinity Health)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- DeMarco, Jamie (DeMarco Advocacy)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Westrick, Sara (AARP Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Khan, Elias
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gordon, Ann
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Walsh, Michael
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Dumais, Brige (1199SEIU UHE)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Adali, Leyla
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Lincoln, Wendy (Ascension Saint Agnes)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Doyle, Caroline (Maryland Emergency Nurses Association)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Alzheimer's Association)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Murphy, JD (MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP))
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Tilburg, Will (University of Maryland Medical System)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Cornell, Courtney (Suburban Hospital)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tolson, Danita (NAACP)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- McQuillan, Karen (University of Maryland Medical System)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rossheim, Brooke (Marylanders for Patient Rights)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Carlock, Ruth (Brain Injury Association of Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Nemett, Diane
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Maryland Senior Citizens Action Network (MSCAN))
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Weber, Leslie (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Alsante, Amy (The Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders (MONL))
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Puentes, Erica (Progressive Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Nicklas, Andrew (Maryland Hospital Association)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Wise, Steve
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Percy, Davion (Luminis Health)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Delph, Yvette
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Ticknor, Donna
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Bradford, Jeremy (CalvertHealth Medical Center)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Routson, Kimberly (MedStar Health)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Massey, Michael
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Meyer, Christopher (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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