---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements"
description: "Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Maryland SB 275 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "Hester", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20911be8-6d88-491b-9268-658615a68d5a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0275?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "729bbfe297bc44d600d617ee60a2e0cd94a5e40bf4c90915a478ea9af2cb9b02"
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 275 (2021) — Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_488_sb0275t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0275f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health – Residential Service Agencies – Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0275t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **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 488 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20911be8-6d88-491b-9268-658615a68d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).