---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program and Study on Maryland Energy Assistance Program Eligibility"
description: "Human Services - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program and Study on Maryland Energy Assistance Program Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 913"
citation: "Maryland SB 913 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam", "McCray", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8215d1c3-d3e8-4885-bd29-f209ec8d2073"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0913?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "106b6546ce4ad08b90ee9a0f4eb14312f77e87d98f65b1307f647d9b51efe880"
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 913 (2021) — Human Services - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program and Study on Maryland Energy Assistance Program Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program and Study on Maryland Energy Assistance Program Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_363_sb0913t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0913f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program and Study on Maryland Energy Assistance Program Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0913t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **111–27** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 363 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8215d1c3-d3e8-4885-bd29-f209ec8d2073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).