---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention"
description: "Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 881"
citation: "Maryland HB 881 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aaf1bb9-663b-4ca7-b4d2-4d5e9fc42087"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0881?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c3d83854e79b054feec24e540bf9bfb9e019799367c99773ad26adf68c387ac9"
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 881 (2021) — Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_155_hb0881t.pdf)
2. **First - Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0881f.pdf)
3. **Third - Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0881t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aaf1bb9-663b-4ca7-b4d2-4d5e9fc42087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).