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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Health Equity Resource Act"
+description: "Maryland Health Equity Resource Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 172"
+citation: "Maryland SB 172 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lee", "McCray", "Peters", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "Young", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-09-24"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424fc66c-e636-4181-ad42-144fe79eb99e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0172?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "a736a5e7491c38b571a408582ba2b6e5c13d237b1bad0d455730f9ff6e9d16ae"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 172 (2021) — Maryland Health Equity Resource Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_741_sb0172t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0172f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0172t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **97–40** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Eckardt — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Peters — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
+- **2021-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
+- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-30** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
+- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 741 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/424fc66c-e636-4181-ad42-144fe79eb99e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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