---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Child Welfare Data and Governing Board"
description: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Child Welfare Data and Governing Board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "Maryland HB 854 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/131d4725-ef0f-4fb0-980a-548f65e5a610"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0854?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "750b4dbff45d7b8516d61f5c5b2bdb94c6d901236925797c6257fe55b891aabc"
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 854 (2021) — Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Child Welfare Data and Governing Board

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Child Welfare Data and Governing Board** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_306_hb0854t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Out-of-Home Placement Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0854f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Child Welfare Data and Governing Board** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0854t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **113–20** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kaiser — 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.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/131d4725-ef0f-4fb0-980a-548f65e5a610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).