---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund"
description: "Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 777"
citation: "Maryland SB 777 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Jackson", "Waldstreicher", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22dccb1e-08e2-4b5d-8234-be3fd6576d25"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0777?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8ca4dea3d2d573a8c580af72feb8d46cc966a7ea0e18925fcf0c7356af3506cf"
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 777 (2021) — Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_495_sb0777t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0777f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0777t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Wivell /453420/1 — **40–92** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **111–22** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-19** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 495 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22dccb1e-08e2-4b5d-8234-be3fd6576d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).