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IntroducedJan 30, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Hospitals - Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 20, 2026: Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 624
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Bagnallcosponsor
- Bhandaricosponsor
- Boafocosponsor
- Boycecosponsor
- Cullisoncosponsor
- Faircosponsor
- Guzzonecosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- Martinezcosponsor
- McCaskillcosponsor
- Pasteurcosponsor
- Stewartcosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- Woodscosponsor
- Alstoncosponsor
- Lopezcosponsor
- Rosenbergcosponsor
- Rosscosponsor
- Woormancosponsor
Votes
Actions
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {933025/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Wisniewski, Molly (Maryland Commission on Caregiving)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Noel, Lauren
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Morhaim, Dan (none)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Smyth, Sharon (Johns Hopkins Hospital)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Miller Smith, Nora (League of Women Voters Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Gordon, Ann
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Reynolds, Todd (AFT Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Ticknor, Donna
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Boucot, Mark (Garrett Regional Medical Center)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rossheim, Brooke (Marylanders for Patient Rights)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Palmisano, Anna (Marylanders for Patient Rights)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Westrick, Sara (AARP Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Walsh, Michael
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Alsante, Amy (The Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders (MONL))
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Percy, Davion (Luminis Health)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Puentes, Erica (Progressive Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Ramsey-Outlaw, Regenia
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Damian (Sheppard Pratt)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Eubanks, Jibran (1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Williamson, Sam (Public Justice Center)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Lan, Miranda (Metro Baltimore AFL CIO)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Alexandra (Registered Nurse)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Kate (Montgomery County Council)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Murphy, JD (MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP))
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Arikat, Loraine (1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Collins, Quinn (Johns Hopkins Health System)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Carlock, Ruth (Brain Injury Association of Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Weber, Leslie (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Alzheimer's Association)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Maryland Senior Citizens Action Network (MSCAN))
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- DeMarco, Jamie (DeMarco Advocacy)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- O'Neal, Brynne (National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Cornell, Courtney (Suburban Hospital)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Duke, Malinda (The Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland (NPAM))
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Doyle, Caroline (Maryland Emergency Nurses Association)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Cardillo, Catherine (Holy Cross Hospital/Trinity Health)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Ricarra (1199seiu)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Wise, Steve
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- White Holland, Jennifer
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Hodges, Melissa (O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Davis, John (Johns Hopkins Bayview)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Nicklas, Andrew (Maryland Hospital Association)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Shrout, Amanda (LifeBridge Health)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Tilburg, Will (University of Maryland Medical System)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Palmerton, Gregory
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Delph, Yvette
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Routson, Kimberly (MedStar Health)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Crockett, Rachel
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Meyer, Christopher (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Massey, Michael
