---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study"
description: "Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 837"
citation: "Maryland HB 837 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Bartlett", "Carey", "Carr", "Chang", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Crosby", "Cullison", "D. Barnes", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Harrison", "Healey", "Henson", "Hill", "Howard", "Ivey", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lehman", "Luedtke", "M. Jackson", "Morgan", "P. Young", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "Proctor", "R. Watson", "Rogers", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Valentino-Smith", "W. Fisher", "Walker", "Washington", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c187f807-9bca-4f77-a834-fc117ff52d39"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0837?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f7b60535021a15c219a9a4f1a2a5fb11baa1d693e39af21865855c47d198afea"
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 HB 837 (2020) — Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_337_hb0837t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0837f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0837t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- R. Watson — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 337 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c187f807-9bca-4f77-a834-fc117ff52d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).