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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)"
+description: "Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 707"
+citation: "Maryland SB 707 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Ellis", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "James", "Lewis Young", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Salling"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2fbff8e-45e4-4833-8c8c-72aa94a1bb81"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0707?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "79f0da03556573531930105ea951412e2214ab2d08a6ea7cac1b21624db14e41"
+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 707 (2026) — Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_177_sb0707e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0707e.pdf)
+3. **First - Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0707f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0707t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- Lewis Young — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Referred Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-27** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-27** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2fbff8e-45e4-4833-8c8c-72aa94a1bb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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