---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)"
description: "Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Maryland SB 327 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman", "Jackson", "Lee", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b0194d-6c67-4e94-97fa-138e58e935f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0327?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b6ce84acccdc4af04d496db1ab992ced9eb98bb56ec417e37264c3243e9a980f"
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 327 (2021) — Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_311_sb0327e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0327e.pdf)
3. **First - Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0327f.pdf)
4. **Third - Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0327t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 311 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5b0194d-6c67-4e94-97fa-138e58e935f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).