# Maryland HB 0905: Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025)

Maryland HB 0905, Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025), is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jennifer White Holland (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-04-04 (Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Beidle) Adopted) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0905
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025)
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Last action: 2025-04-04, Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- Sponsor: Jennifer White Holland (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Subjects: Public Health, Committees and Commissions, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Disclosure, Emergencies -see also- Pandemics, Environmental Service, Maryland, Health Occupations -see also- (specific health occupations), Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals, Internet -see also- Internet Access, Notices, Nurses -see also- Nurse Practitioners; Nursing Assistants, Nursing Assistants, Physicians -see also- MedExmnrs; Pediatr; Psychiatrists etc., Reports, Standards and Best Practices, Studies -see also- Commitees & Commissions; Reports, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (100 yes, 39 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jennifer White Holland (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Heather Bagnall (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Harry Bhandari (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bonnie Cullison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dana Jones (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Pam Lanman Guzzone (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terri L. Hill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Anne R. Kaiser (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kenneth Kerr (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lesley J. Lopez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ashanti Martinez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aletheia McCaskill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: N. Scott Phillips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kim Ross (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Johnson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Deni Taveras (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamila J. Woods (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Teresa Woorman (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 100 | 39 | 1 |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-04-04: Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Beidle) Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable with Amendments {743923/1 (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Referred Finance (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Third Reading Passed (100-39) (House)
- 2025-03-12: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-03-12: Favorable with Amendments {133229/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-12: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-02-12: Hearing 2/21 at 2:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-31: First Reading Health and Government Operations (House)

## Bill text

- Third Reading, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0905t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-31: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0905f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0905t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0905f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0905-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).