---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report"
description: "State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 776"
citation: "Maryland HB 776 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ba6ff9-8e7e-4588-aed2-ae93fae5f00c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0776?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e21695d220e89f6303845bba785b824cf6a283f6f93ff12f4bc766107511513a"
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 776 (2021) — State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_430_hb0776t.pdf)
2. **First - State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0776f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0776t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Washington) Adopted
- **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 430 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22ba6ff9-8e7e-4588-aed2-ae93fae5f00c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).