---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)"
description: "Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 548"
citation: "Maryland HB 548 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08d9140-2c40-4362-8c73-f3359062aa69"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0548?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "10c3cc5daa40e94aa91cff937a11773244a9858b2370b780daf797213d104852"
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 548 (2021) — Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_722_hb0548t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0548f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0548t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Rereferred to Finance
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c08d9140-2c40-4362-8c73-f3359062aa69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).