---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Provisions – State Song – Repeal"
description: "General Provisions – State Song – Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Maryland SB 8 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-08-04"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/393a1118-0c0b-4dfd-ab2c-394c539ccbe5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0008?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "81308d62280889474cac0082144e177a90c7b53e61b2aa0883b7f456d5004ea6"
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 8 (2021) — General Provisions – State Song – Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - General Provisions – State Song – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_149_sb0008t.pdf)
2. **First - General Provisions – State Song – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0008f.pdf)
3. **Third - General Provisions – State Song – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0008t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Shoemaker /373127/1 — **43–89** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** 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** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 149 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/393a1118-0c0b-4dfd-ab2c-394c539ccbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).