---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid"
description: "Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Maryland SB 164 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1bd74fd-54d3-4fae-bb8c-5c1b7aba967a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0164?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b41eb52c618f768f59d92ad733796ee416655e2e2a80a3238aedd88f415bcbd3"
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 164 (2021) — Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_137_sb0164t.pdf)
2. **First - Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0164f.pdf)
3. **Third - Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0164t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1bd74fd-54d3-4fae-bb8c-5c1b7aba967a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).