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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection"
description: "Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "Maryland SB 514 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Benson", "Carter", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hettleman", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Lee", "Pinsky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3df099e-78c6-44ec-b042-99697c51c3a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0514?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0a4952a4bf84fe2d8b763a257ffd34429c672b4e4620138f433da276fe5b0be2"
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 514 (2021) — Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_769_sb0514t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0514f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0514t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1380** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 769 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3df099e-78c6-44ec-b042-99697c51c3a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).