---
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: "HB 1280"
citation: "Maryland HB 1280 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8f67b0d-a521-4a82-a219-9f5f12eef059"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1280?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "69c01bb15091931e0af27a8b0958ce40dac9c8881398d99be325de150f437819"
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 1280 (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_69_hb1280t.pdf)
2. **First - Health - Maryland Community Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1280f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1280t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 69 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8f67b0d-a521-4a82-a219-9f5f12eef059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).