---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment"
description: "Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 857"
citation: "Maryland SB 857 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3369338f-ecfa-4f91-85a9-c25272c4db44"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0857?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "14819ece82f29e97877a3f8adc922f3619388100efc35bad46859ca68139683e"
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 857 (2021) — Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_68_sb0857e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0857e.pdf)
3. **First - Health - Maryland Community Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0857f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health - Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0857t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 68 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3369338f-ecfa-4f91-85a9-c25272c4db44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).