---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements"
description: "Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "Maryland HB 141 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-31"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f77ae99-9709-49ac-a1f4-495eca337178"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0141?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "69d4632777679f9c3be7e29537bfb238e194aa32ef1f74642fcca9da7a8c8281"
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 141 (2021) — Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_487_hb0141t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0141f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0141t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 141 HB 556 HB 558 HB 578 HB 674 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 487 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f77ae99-9709-49ac-a1f4-495eca337178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).