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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers"
+description: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 600"
+citation: "Maryland SB 600 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-01-29"
+last_action: "2021-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8feb9529-b5e1-438c-8f4f-da8b8f8dae96"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0600?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "23122bfeaab7e87fb5104e19dad0f78b3a51e653b590f5918f8e5537104d0ccf"
+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 600 (2021) — Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_132_sb0600e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0600e.pdf)
+3. **First - Office of the Attorney General – Investigation and Prosecution of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0600f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Office of the State Prosecutor - Investigation and Prosecution of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0600t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **98–39** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Special Order — **41–93** (fail) · lower
+- Motion to Special Order — **42–93** (fail) · lower
+- On third reading — **31–16** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Mautz /723127/1 — **45–91** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Hartman /883126/1 — **42–91** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** Motion Laid Over (Senator West) Adopted
+- **2021-03-02** Committee Amendment {
+- **2021-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-01** Hearing 4/01 at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-01** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Motion Special Order until 04/02 (Delegate Morgan) Rejected
+- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-05** Floor Committee Amendment {
+- **2021-04-05** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-04-05** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-04-05** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Saab) Rejected
+- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 132 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8feb9529-b5e1-438c-8f4f-da8b8f8dae96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+