---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Health Departments - Funding"
description: "Local Health Departments - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "Maryland SB 563 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c74496c9-06e9-4cb1-9f0e-dc5c708ddc38"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0563?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "66274e65fbb29451c21cb0bf8be5985e19dfb5d40c01821e03daafd84b24121f"
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 563 (2021) — Local Health Departments - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Health Departments - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_805_sb0563e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Local Health Departments - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0563e.pdf)
3. **First - Local Health Departments - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0563f.pdf)
4. **Third - Local Health Departments - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0563t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **111–23** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Mautz /183321/1 — **43–91** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
- **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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 805 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c74496c9-06e9-4cb1-9f0e-dc5c708ddc38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).