---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Administration of Ketamine - Data Collection"
description: "Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Administration of Ketamine - Data Collection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Maryland SB 78 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-01"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42c3e3eb-42ef-45fa-a54b-ac4756513e92"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0078?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1adb438696bdaef7d020317a72cab884f496b601732a09568a6b1935c72d7122"
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 78 (2021) — Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Administration of Ketamine - Data Collection

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Administration of Ketamine - Data Collection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_493_sb0078t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services Providers - Administration of Ketamine** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0078f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Administration of Ketamine - Data Collection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0078t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/03 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 493 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42c3e3eb-42ef-45fa-a54b-ac4756513e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).