---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid"
description: "Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 605"
citation: "Maryland HB 605 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7a3d03-ed8e-405e-8315-784ab8ff6f83"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0605?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "db6738506ae928c0bb635ee913d5dea52863de0d009dea180a9c1e9dd36afa66"
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 605 (2021) — Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_136_hb0605t.pdf)
2. **First - Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0605f.pdf)
3. **Third - Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0605t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kipke — 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.
- **2021-02-23** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 136 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7a3d03-ed8e-405e-8315-784ab8ff6f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).