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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established"
+description: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 18"
+citation: "Maryland SB 18 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-10-10"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece0a5f9-c731-4717-a3aa-3831291e41d0"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0018?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "4844d1d8c687fb5549c243603484ab8033048c55291678bd6ba353e60085d4cb"
+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 18 (2026) — State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_sb0018e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0018e.pdf)
+3. **First - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0018f.pdf)
+4. **Third - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0018t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **98–36** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **105–29** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- M. Washington — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Reassigned to Finance
+- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Referred Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
+- **2026-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
+- **2026-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
+- **2026-04-06** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
+- **2026-04-06** Senate Requests House Recede
+- **2026-04-06** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
+- **2026-04-06** House Refuses Recede
+- **2026-04-06** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
+- **2026-04-07** House Refuses Recede
+- **2026-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
+- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece0a5f9-c731-4717-a3aa-3831291e41d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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