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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment"
+description: "Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 857"
+citation: "Maryland SB 857 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-09"
+last_action: "2021-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3369338f-ecfa-4f91-85a9-c25272c4db44"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0857?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "14819ece82f29e97877a3f8adc922f3619388100efc35bad46859ca68139683e"
+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 857 (2021) — Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_68_sb0857e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0857e.pdf)
+3. **First - Health - Maryland Community Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0857f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0857t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 68 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3369338f-ecfa-4f91-85a9-c25272c4db44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+