---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Funding"
description: "Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Maryland SB 81 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eadc449-5bb0-476e-bcd2-8156f080dba3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0081?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "afef3780bfd23a66dd739ac127db30946b17d67d5697ac949a35e6b569a9bff3"
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 81 (2021) — Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_739_sb0081t.pdf)
2. **First - Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0081f.pdf)
3. **Third - Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0081t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **94–28** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/20 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-12** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 739 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2eadc449-5bb0-476e-bcd2-8156f080dba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).