---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers"
description: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "Maryland SB 600 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8feb9529-b5e1-438c-8f4f-da8b8f8dae96"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0600?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "23122bfeaab7e87fb5104e19dad0f78b3a51e653b590f5918f8e5537104d0ccf"
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 600 (2021) — Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_132_sb0600e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Surplus Military Equipment and Investigation of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0600e.pdf)
3. **First - Office of the Attorney General – Investigation and Prosecution of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0600f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Office of the State Prosecutor - Investigation and Prosecution of Deaths Caused by Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0600t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **98–39** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Special Order — **41–93** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Special Order — **42–93** (fail) · lower
- On third reading — **31–16** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Mautz /723127/1 — **45–91** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Hartman /883126/1 — **42–91** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Motion Laid Over (Senator West) Adopted
- **2021-03-02** Committee Amendment {
- **2021-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Hearing 4/01 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Motion Special Order until 04/02 (Delegate Morgan) Rejected
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2021-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-05** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Saab) Rejected
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 132 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8feb9529-b5e1-438c-8f4f-da8b8f8dae96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).