---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Temporary Disability Assistance Program"
description: "Human Services - Temporary Disability Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "Maryland HB 1615 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Social Services - Generally", "Appeals", "Appropriations", "Disabilities", "Forms", "Health Occupations", "Hearings", "Human Services", "Department of", "Insurance", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Notices", "Records", "Residency", "Rules and Regulations", "Social Security", "Social Services", "Unemployment", "Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da9c402-26dd-4754-9fb8-5f9ac337f7c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1615&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8f32669bf43ea88b98b70783a803226667691ad7bc6a492f43c580c2a08f5ddf"
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 1615 (2018) — Human Services - Temporary Disability Assistance Program

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1615f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {884060/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {187872/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9da9c402-26dd-4754-9fb8-5f9ac337f7c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).