---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City"
description: "Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 786"
citation: "Maryland SB 786 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fb806d-23bc-4715-9ccd-62143fe113fd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0786?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "08cc63b5baace06797c213326b57fbb41a20921273735494940a0dfdb8d1485a"
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 786 (2021) — Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_133_sb0786e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0786e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City – Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0786f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Baltimore City - Control of the Police Department of Baltimore City** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0786t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **115–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-03** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Hearing 4/01 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 133 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fb806d-23bc-4715-9ccd-62143fe113fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).