---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning"
description: "Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 652"
citation: "Maryland SB 652 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ae58217-1cbe-427a-9079-80d188535c2e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0652?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce1647ee0529de72d01bcc15bf5f4d962b75ca52a658c271cb07c2d729877d30"
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 652 (2021) — Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_sb0652t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0652f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0652t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 486 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ae58217-1cbe-427a-9079-80d188535c2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).