Maryland Senate Bill 411

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Passed on April 28 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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 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 each clinical staffing committee to finalize a clinical staffing plan; requiring, by July 1, 2028, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.

Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)

Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]

Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]

Sen. Cory McCray [D]

2026-04-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 97 N: 34 NV: 9 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-10 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-28	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235
2026-04-13	Senate	Returned Passed
2026-04-13	House	Third Reading Passed (97-34)
2026-04-13	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-13	House	Favorable Report by Health
2026-04-11	House	Rereferred to Health
2026-04-11	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2026-04-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (42-0)
2026-04-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {353621/1 Adopted
2026-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2026-02-03	Senate	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-29	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB624 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	19	393	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	394	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	395	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	396	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	397	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0411?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0411f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0411t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_235_sb0411t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0411_35362101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0411_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0411_hlt.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1100.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1671.pdf