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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland"
+description: "Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 357"
+citation: "Maryland SB 357 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Jackson", "King", "Klausmeier", "Lee", "Patterson", "Sydnor", "Watson", "Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-21"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49883b9e-3b78-489a-beaa-0d3f7ea94037"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0357?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "a4aaadf29dfac7e111d0405690f18401b9dfd389fac37394d07e34c5e4bf4261"
+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 357 (2022) — Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_190_sb0357e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0357e.pdf)
+3. **First - Adult Protective Services - Vulnerable Adults Registry - Investigations and Records of Abuse and Neglect and Workgroup Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0357f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0357t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-07** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49883b9e-3b78-489a-beaa-0d3f7ea94037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+