HB0624 — Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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23 sponsors
1 primary, 22 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (22 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each staffing committee to develop a staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring, beginning in 2028, by July 1 each year, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.
Bill Text
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Read HB0624 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- White Holland · Primary
- Delegate Jackie Addison · Cosponsor
- Delegate Nick Allen · Cosponsor
- Delegate Heather Bagnall · Cosponsor
- Delegate Harry Bhandari · Cosponsor
- Delegate Adrian Boafo · Cosponsor
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce · Cosponsor
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kris Fair · Cosponsor
- Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone · Cosponsor
- Delegate Terri L. Hill · Cosponsor
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Aletheia McCaskill · Cosponsor
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur · Cosponsor
- Delegate Vaughn Stewart · Cosponsor
- Delegate Deni Taveras · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jamila J. Woods · Cosponsor
- Delegate Tiffany T. Alston · Cosponsor
- Delegate Lesley J. Lopez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kim Ross · Cosponsor
- Delegate Teresa Woorman · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 22 co-sponsors · 165 not signed on · 34 voted No
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (22)
- Delegate Jackie Addison Democrat
- Delegate Nick Allen Democrat
- Delegate Heather Bagnall Democrat
- Delegate Harry Bhandari Democrat
- Delegate Adrian Boafo Democrat
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce Democrat
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison Democrat
- Delegate Kris Fair Democrat
- Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone Democrat
- Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman Democrat
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez Democrat
- Delegate Aletheia McCaskill Democrat
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur Democrat
- Delegate Vaughn Stewart Democrat
- Delegate Deni Taveras Democrat
- Delegate Jamila J. Woods Democrat
- Delegate Tiffany T. Alston Democrat
- Delegate Lesley J. Lopez Democrat
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat
- Delegate Kim Ross Democrat
- Delegate Teresa Woorman Democrat
Not signed on (165)
165 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 165 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 96 | 35 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 68% | 25% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 86 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Republican | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 94 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 23% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0624 do?
- Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each staffing committee to develop a staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring, beginning in 2028, by July 1 each year, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.
- Who sponsors HB0624?
- HB0624 is sponsored by White Holland, Delegate Jackie Addison (Democrat), Delegate Nick Allen (Democrat), Delegate Heather Bagnall (Democrat), Delegate Harry Bhandari (Democrat), Delegate Adrian Boafo (Democrat), Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Delegate Bonnie Cullison (Democrat), Delegate Kris Fair (Democrat), Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone (Democrat), Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman (Democrat), Delegate Ashanti Martinez (Democrat), Delegate Aletheia McCaskill (Democrat), Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democrat), Delegate Vaughn Stewart (Democrat), Delegate Deni Taveras (Democrat), Delegate Jamila J. Woods (Democrat), Delegate Tiffany T. Alston (Democrat), Delegate Lesley J. Lopez (Democrat), Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Delegate Kim Ross (Democrat), and Delegate Teresa Woorman (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0624?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2026. Enacted.
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