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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021"
+description: "Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 3"
+citation: "Maryland SB 3 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hershey", "Kagan", "Kelley", "Ready", "Washington", "West"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-10-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/070c01cd-6e36-4517-b828-c3536fe404b5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0003?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "2dd77590a537415324950f04e87b96ce44e99403d48639d4152947f685d969fe"
+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 3 (2021) — Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_71_sb0003e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0003e.pdf)
+3. **First - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0003f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0003t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Eckardt — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/070c01cd-6e36-4517-b828-c3536fe404b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+