Maryland House Bill 977 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-6)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the Maryland Department of Health to advance forensic science and carry out other duties as provided by law; renaming the State Postmortem Examiners Commission to be the Postmortem Examiners Advisory Committee; requiring and authorizing the Department and the Office to perform certain duties and powers previously performed by the Commission; authorizing the Department to contract with a physician for employment with the Office on a per diem basis; etc.

Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]
Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]
Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2023-04-06 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268
2023-04-06	House	Returned Passed
2023-04-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2023-04-04	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2023-04-04	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2023-04-04	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2023-03-21	Senate	Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2023-03-16	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments {433127/1 Adopted
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-02-21	House	Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-10	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	2	106	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	305	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	308	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	309	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	311	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	312	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Personnel and Pensions	23	407	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0977?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0977f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0977t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_hb0977t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0007/hb0977_43312701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0977_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0977_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0527.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/1006.pdf