---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information"
description: "Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 565"
citation: "Maryland SB 565 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Griffith", "Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8245d0c-9778-4db8-88ec-eb351caa441d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0565?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3b8d18722d71c067d502d9121dba1207a4b2284db67aa52329982db2390d0243"
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 565 (2021) — Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_762_sb0565e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0565e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0565f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0565t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** 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 762 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8245d0c-9778-4db8-88ec-eb351caa441d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).