---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act"
description: "Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 758"
citation: "Maryland HB 758 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d7733c-512e-4d0c-97e7-904570bc455a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0758?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "26aabb6beae060c1906fe764e67db15138266ef64f5e2de81b2a3861904667a0"
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 758 (2021) — Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_462_hb0758e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0758e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0758f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0758t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **129–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 462 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d7733c-512e-4d0c-97e7-904570bc455a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).