---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Equity Resource Act"
description: "Maryland Health Equity Resource Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Maryland HB 463 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f3311ec-c6d9-43df-8be5-e19571e6751c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0463?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "76e6be38b4d25d4f5c6d049cf1d356107dfe2dfbe9db714b8c764ccb2fa64d54"
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 463 (2021) — Maryland Health Equity Resource Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_742_hb0463e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0463e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0463f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0463t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **127–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/02 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2021-01-22** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/02 at 3:45 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `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** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 742 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f3311ec-c6d9-43df-8be5-e19571e6751c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).