---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Buildings – Changing Facilities – Requirements"
description: "Public Buildings – Changing Facilities – Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Maryland SB 61 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-07-17"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ab5f406-b982-4d0d-abc6-5bc1dbbd161d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0061?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f6573f81d9b3c0ca73279e55c87c3001f8ab7d44a64b29102e3ae23985fa0c6f"
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 61 (2021) — Public Buildings – Changing Facilities – Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Buildings – Changing Facilities – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_224_sb0061t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Buildings – Changing Facilities – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0061f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Buildings – Changing Facilities – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0061t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **113–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 224 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ab5f406-b982-4d0d-abc6-5bc1dbbd161d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).