---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention"
description: "Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 815"
citation: "Maryland SB 815 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2489c5-08cf-4cf8-ab8a-4b696655b218"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0815?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7a1c16e2e98c830d9cbccbd68e0de72bdeb1d0162f997ecc38d9171d3ff51a9"
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 815 (2021) — Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_156_sb0815t.pdf)
2. **First - Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0815f.pdf)
3. **Third - Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0815t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2489c5-08cf-4cf8-ab8a-4b696655b218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).