---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
description: "State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Maryland HB 303 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27556938-6849-41d0-807a-415e0cf486b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0303?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6baa2ec8a354244afcc155678b96d16f712283ec75ceb46cffd2639e80111668"
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 303 (2020) — State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_158_hb0303t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0303f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0303t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 158 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27556938-6849-41d0-807a-415e0cf486b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).