---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018"
description: "Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1218"
citation: "Maryland SB 1218 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Community Facilities and Services", "Comptroller", "Data", "Grants", "Housing and Community Development", "Department of", "Indigent Persons", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations", "Social Services", "Treasurers", "Youth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da6b5a2e-0bf8-4d2e-981f-b9b245706019"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1218&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "166489a6b5baa8fc14a34dd06a18ad1d1b3d01f527708327ad18d521fea47add"
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 1218 (2018) — Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018

## 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/sb/sb1218f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-04-03** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {807679/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da6b5a2e-0bf8-4d2e-981f-b9b245706019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).