---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys"
description: "Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 704"
citation: "Maryland SB 704 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49a92bf6-32ab-4d1a-ab6d-ebab7d7e6200"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0704?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "725aac5a322bc362ad51b7062e1767f081dcb6e724a08f4bfa6346ce0e1b64fb"
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 704 (2021) — Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_159_sb0704t.pdf)
2. **First - Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Site Visits and Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0704f.pdf)
3. **Third - Nursing Homes - Transfer of Ownership - Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0704t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing 2/25 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`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49a92bf6-32ab-4d1a-ab6d-ebab7d7e6200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).