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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021"
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description: "COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 741"
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citation: "Maryland SB 741 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "King", "Rosapepe", "Waldstreicher"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-05"
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last_action: "2021-12-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19433f2-67fd-4938-bf23-fac8f10d587c"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0741?ys=2021RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "7947bce0f36050d3044189e4b77ff06308f7925a47395f12701192724ef4c5c4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 741 (2021) — COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_29_sb0741e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0741e.pdf)
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3. **First - COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0741f.pdf)
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4. **Third - COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0741t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Arikan /693325/1 — **38–94** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Arikan /173527/1 — **41–92** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **104–30** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Augustine — primary (person)
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- Beidle — primary (person)
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- Benson — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Rosapepe — primary (person)
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- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-05** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
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- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
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- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-19** Committee Amendment Adopted
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- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Reilly) Adopted
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- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-03-22** Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
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- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2021-04-09** Floor Amendment {
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- **2021-04-09** Floor Amendment {
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- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
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- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
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- **2021-12-06** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
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- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
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- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 29 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f19433f2-67fd-4938-bf23-fac8f10d587c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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