---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries"
description: "Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Maryland SB 146 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ae1d62-aae7-4ebe-b1fe-4242caf30360"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0146?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fa2addce1a123097887a71eef9dac0414d172b5ccce750f8e6245b6a2347dd98"
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 SB 146 (2021) — Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_128_sb0146t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0146f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0146t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ae1d62-aae7-4ebe-b1fe-4242caf30360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).