HB 937 is sponsored by Senator Karen Lewis Young (Democrat), Delegate Nicole A. Williams (Democrat), Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democrat), Delegate Melissa Wells (Democrat), Washington, Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (Democrat), Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat), Delegate Vaughn Stewart (Democrat), Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), Delegate Jared Solomon (Democrat), Delegate Emily Shetty (Democrat), Delegate Sheila Ruth (Democrat), Reznik, Delegate Pam Queen (Democrat), Delegate Lily Qi (Democrat), Delegate David Moon (Democrat), McIntosh, Luedtke, Senator Sara Love (Democrat), Delegate Lesley J. Lopez (Democrat), Lierman, Delegate Robbyn Lewis (Democrat), Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), Delegate Marc Korman (Democrat), Delegate Anne R. Kaiser (Democrat), Delegate Adrienne A. Jones (Democrat), Howell, Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison (Democrat), Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Gilchrist, Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo (Democrat), Delegate Catherine M. Forbes (Democrat), Delegate Linda Foley (Democrat), Delegate Jessica Feldmark (Democrat), Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield (Democrat), Delegate Luke Clippinger (Democrat), Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (Democrat), Delegate Jon S. Cardin (Democrat), Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Belcastro, Delegate Ben Barnes (Democrat), Atterbeary, Barve, Delegate Gabriel Acevero (Democrat), Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Delegate Bonnie Cullison (Democrat), Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democrat), Pendergrass, Kelly, Delegate Heather Bagnall (Democrat), Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr (Democrat), Delegate Mark N. Fisher (Republican), and Delegate Stephanie Smith (Democrat).

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 44 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 937 — Abortion Care Access Act

Last action April 09, 2022 — Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 56

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2022. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
57 sponsors

57 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (44 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
Mixed recorded votes

3 passed, 13 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

April 09, 2022
Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 56
April 09, 2022
Overridden
April 09, 2022
Overridden
April 08, 2022
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
March 29, 2022
Returned Passed
March 29, 2022
Third Reading Passed
March 29, 2022
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March 29, 2022
Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
March 29, 2022
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March 28, 2022
Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
March 28, 2022
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March 25, 2022
Second Reading Passed
March 25, 2022
Favorable Adopted
March 24, 2022
Motion Special Order until 3/25 (Senator Kelley) Adopted
March 24, 2022
Favorable
March 24, 2022
Favorable Report by Finance
March 14, 2022
Referred Finance Budget and Taxation
March 11, 2022
Third Reading Passed
March 09, 2022
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
March 09, 2022
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Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Delegate Rose) Adopted
March 08, 2022
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March 07, 2022
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
February 14, 2022
Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
February 10, 2022
First Reading Health and Government Operations

Sponsorship breakdown

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57 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on · 67 voted No

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Floor Amendment Carozza /583721/1

March 16, 2022

Failed 14 Yea · 29 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	8	1	0	2
Unaffiliated	6	10	0	1
Democrat	0	18	0	1
Total	14	29	0	4
% of votes cast	30%	62%	0%	9%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
Hershey	—	Yea
Eckardt	—	Yea
Hough	—	Yea
Cassilly	—	Yea
Edwards	—	Yea
Jackson	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Nay
Lee	—	Nay
Sydnor	—	Nay
Kelley	—	Nay
Washington	—	Nay
Carter	—	Nay
Klausmeier	—	Nay
Pinsky	—	Nay
Watson	—	Nay
Elfreth	—	Nay
Young	—	Not Voting
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Nay
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Nay
Senator Antonio Hayes	Democrat	Nay
Senator Arthur Ellis	Democrat	Nay
Senator Benjamin F. Kramer	Democrat	Nay
Senator Brian J. Feldman	Democrat	Nay
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan	Democrat	Nay
Senator Clarence K. Lam	Democrat	Nay
Senator Cory V. McCray	Democrat	Nay
Senator Craig J. Zucker	Democrat	Nay
Senator Guy Guzzone	Democrat	Nay
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher	Democrat	Nay
Senator Jim Rosapepe	Democrat	Nay
Senator Joanne C. Benson	Democrat	Nay
Senator Katie Fry Hester	Democrat	Nay
Senator Malcolm Augustine	Democrat	Not Voting
Senator Nancy J. King	Democrat	Nay
Senator Pamela Beidle	Democrat	Nay
Senator Shelly Hettleman	Democrat	Nay
Delegate Mike Griffith	Republican	Nay
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Yea
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire	Republican	Not Voting
Senator Chris West	Republican	Yea
Senator J.B. Jennings	Republican	Yea
Senator Jack Bailey	Republican	Yea
Senator Jason C. Gallion	Republican	Not Voting
Senator Johnny Ray Salling	Republican	Yea
Senator Justin Ready	Republican	Yea
Senator Mary Beth Carozza	Republican	Yea
Senator Paul D. Corderman	Republican	Yea

Member	Party	Vote
Speaker	—	Yea
Carr	—	Yea
Luedtke	—	Yea
Holmes	—	Yea
McIntosh	—	Yea
Howell	—	Yea
Atterbeary	—	Yea
Jackson	—	Yea
Jones, D.	—	Yea
Pendergrass	—	Yea
Jones, R.	—	Yea
Prettyman	—	Yea
Walker	—	Yea
Barve	—	Yea
Proctor	—	Yea
Washington	—	Yea
Belcastro	—	Yea
Kelly	—	Yea
Watson	—	Yea
Reznik	—	Yea
Branch, C.	—	Yea
Branch, T.	—	Yea
Bridges	—	Yea
Lewis, R.	—	Yea
Gilchrist	—	Yea
Lierman	—	Yea
Young, P.	—	Yea
Cox	—	Nay
Impallaria	—	Nay
Anderton	—	Nay
Grammer	—	Nay
Kittleman	—	Nay
Saab	—	Nay
Beitzel	—	Nay
Krebs	—	Nay
Shoemaker	—	Nay
Boteler	—	Nay
Landis	—	Nay
Munoz	—	Nay
Lisanti	—	Nay
Novotny	—	Nay
Thiam	—	Nay
Otto	—	Nay
Valentino-Smith	—	Nay
Mangione	—	Nay
Parrott	—	Nay
Clark	—	Nay
Carey	—	Not Voting
Conaway	—	Not Voting
Jalisi	—	Not Voting
Krimm	—	Not Voting
Johnson, S.	—	Yea
Lewis, J.	—	Yea
Long, R.	—	Nay
Morgan, M.	—	Nay
Palakovich Carr	—	Yea
Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Anne Healey	Democrat	Nay
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Ben Barnes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Ben Barnes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Bonnie Cullison	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Brian M. Crosby	Democrat	Yea
Delegate C. T. Wilson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Catherine M. Forbes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Dana Stein	Democrat	Yea
Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo	Democrat	Yea
Delegate David Moon	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Debra Davis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Diana M. Fennell	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Emily Shetty	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Eric Ebersole	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Gabriel Acevero	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Harry Bhandari	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Heather Bagnall	Democrat	Yea
Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jared Solomon	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jen Terrasa	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jessica Feldmark	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jon S. Cardin	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Julian Ivey	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Karen Toles	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Kenneth Kerr	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lesley J. Lopez	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lily Qi	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Linda Foley	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lorig Charkoudian	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Luke Clippinger	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Marc Korman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mark S. Chang	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Marlon Amprey	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mary A. Lehman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Melissa Wells	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Michele Guyton	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mike Rogers	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Nicole A. Williams	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Pam Queen	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Regina T. Boyce	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Sheila Ruth	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Terri L. Hill	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Vaughn Stewart	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Veronica Turner	Democrat	Yea
Senator Benjamin Brooks	Democrat	Yea
Senator Dalya Attar	Democrat	Nay
Senator Karen Lewis Young	Democrat	Yea
Senator Nick Charles	Democrat	Yea
Senator Sara Love	Democrat	Yea
Senator Shaneka Henson	Democrat	Nay
Delegate April Rose	Republican	Nay
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti	Republican	Nay
Delegate Brian Chisholm	Republican	Nay
Delegate Christopher T. Adams	Republican	Nay
Delegate H. Kevin Anderson	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jason C. Buckel	Republican	Nay
Delegate Jay A. Jacobs	Republican	Nay
Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist	Republican	Nay
Delegate Jesse T. Pippy	Republican	Nay
Delegate Kathy Szeliga	Republican	Nay
Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger	Republican	Nay
Delegate Lauren Arikan	Republican	Not Voting
Delegate Mark N. Fisher	Republican	Yea
Delegate Mark N. Fisher	Republican	Nay
Delegate Mike Griffith	Republican	Nay
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke	Republican	Nay
Delegate Ric Metzgar	Republican	Nay
Delegate Seth A. Howard	Republican	Nay
Delegate Steven J. Arentz	Republican	Nay
Delegate Susan K. McComas	Republican	Nay
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Nay
Delegate Wayne A. Hartman	Republican	Nay
Delegate William J. Wivell	Republican	Nay
Senator Johnny Mautz	Republican	Nay
Senator Mike McKay	Republican	Nay

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Sponsors (57)

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Not signed on (131)

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