---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de38c6fd-7aac-4134-b852-0ef69cb23469"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0215?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6551969f7a399690fce8453372f646b8f15e1c90c9900ab3bf023863f8b25d30"
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 215 (2021) — Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_710_sb0215t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0215f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0215t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 710 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de38c6fd-7aac-4134-b852-0ef69cb23469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).