---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021"
description: "Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Maryland SB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hershey", "Kagan", "Kelley", "Ready", "Washington", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/070c01cd-6e36-4517-b828-c3536fe404b5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0003?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2dd77590a537415324950f04e87b96ce44e99403d48639d4152947f685d969fe"
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 3 (2021) — Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_71_sb0003e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0003e.pdf)
3. **First - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0003f.pdf)
4. **Third - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0003t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/070c01cd-6e36-4517-b828-c3536fe404b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).