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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City"
+description: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 786"
+citation: "Maryland SB 786 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "McCray"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fb806d-23bc-4715-9ccd-62143fe113fd"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0786?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "08cc63b5baace06797c213326b57fbb41a20921273735494940a0dfdb8d1485a"
+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 786 (2021) — Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_133_sb0786e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0786e.pdf)
+3. **First - Baltimore City – Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0786f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0786t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **115–21** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-03** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `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 133 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fb806d-23bc-4715-9ccd-62143fe113fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+