---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs - Location and Funding"
description: "State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs - Location and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 718"
citation: "Maryland HB 718 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dbc3e7d-e604-4f75-9eed-600aa450d91e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0718?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f9bba426e4c94560199bc7d2e2c5080dd6f798eb3888f1ac93fb6a6fd9927ed0"
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 718 (2021) — State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs - Location and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs - Location and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_389_hb0718t.pdf)
2. **First - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs - Mandated Appropriation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0718f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs - Location and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0718t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-06** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 389 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dbc3e7d-e604-4f75-9eed-600aa450d91e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).