---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Criminal History Records Checks - Renewals and Reinstatements"
description: "State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Criminal History Records Checks - Renewals and Reinstatements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 912"
citation: "Maryland HB 912 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Criminal Background Investigations", "Licenses", "Psychologists", "Records", "Registration", "Rules and Regulations", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1873fa4c-a098-4d4b-8720-7fd83c2c50a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB912&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "65295a4669325815d9f67c56176ff354179b79715da2a39c9d72efc2926c5f47"
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 HB 912 (2017) — State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Criminal History Records Checks - Renewals and Reinstatements

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0912f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Morales — primary (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1873fa4c-a098-4d4b-8720-7fd83c2c50a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).