republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/hb-309.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information	Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	HB 309	Maryland HB 309 (2021)	bill		enacted	Pena-Melnyk R. Lewis	3	13	2	2020-09-21	2021-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2c6e18b1-e71b-449c-84c4-f7d2968498b4	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0309?ys=2021RS&search=True	63c65a7866737b4d6224455b3975766adc7408fea3b25ed0771d186a27230a2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 309 (2021) — Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 128–6 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• R. Lewis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-09-21 Pre-filed introduction
• 2021-01-13 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2020-12-23 Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-03-10 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-16 Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-12 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-12 Second Reading Passed
• 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 761 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c6e18b1-e71b-449c-84c4-f7d2968498b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).