---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity"
description: "State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Maryland SB 49 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-19"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20926475-1f26-469f-8b49-2b9f27c41bcd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0049?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3dbc6e9dfa0e01670afb62f2e9d0db1b4cfba7e2c1cd0bf493af1382aee6a7e7"
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 49 (2021) — State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_318_sb0049e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0049e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0049f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0049t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `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 Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** 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 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20926475-1f26-469f-8b49-2b9f27c41bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).