---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)"
description: "Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Maryland SB 299 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carter", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Ready"]
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/0730aec6-bbff-4aa9-8ada-b39195065584"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0299?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a3a40f4a1ac61a2a61c073b35102dac8fc3b11e6e2d8d92ac6762e29e51e0add"
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 299 (2021) — Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_723_sb0299t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0299f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0299t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Ready — 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`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 723 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0730aec6-bbff-4aa9-8ada-b39195065584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).