---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act"
description: "Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 684"
citation: "Maryland SB 684 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41932018-cc4b-498d-b761-eb2deefcf493"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0684?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "27bb806153dc7c66e03943601257b20f3ead63345dfe8ecbc2b6f9fd5c0a01f3"
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 684 (2021) — Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_463_sb0684e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0684e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0684f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0684t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 463 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41932018-cc4b-498d-b761-eb2deefcf493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).