---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)"
description: "Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Maryland SB 52 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-08-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bac7fc3-7193-4a2d-983d-51841a988fe6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0052?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9040f672dda268d49aa9a2af1950ef032812ab7032d40c98d3d41b8d20cd6473"
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 52 (2021) — Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_750_sb0052e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0052e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0052f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan–Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0052t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **97–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Kelley) Adopted
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- **2021-04-02** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 750 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bac7fc3-7193-4a2d-983d-51841a988fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).