---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Equity Resource Act"
description: "Maryland Health Equity Resource Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Maryland SB 172 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lee", "McCray", "Peters", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-24"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424fc66c-e636-4181-ad42-144fe79eb99e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0172?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a736a5e7491c38b571a408582ba2b6e5c13d237b1bad0d455730f9ff6e9d16ae"
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 172 (2021) — Maryland Health Equity Resource Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_741_sb0172t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0172f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Health Equity Resource Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0172t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **97–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 741 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/424fc66c-e636-4181-ad42-144fe79eb99e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).