---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs"
description: "State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 847"
citation: "Maryland HB 847 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Anderson", "Anderton", "Arikan", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Boteler", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Buckel", "C. Jackson", "C. Watson", "Cain", "Carr", "Charkoudian", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Conaway", "Cox", "Cullison", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Forbes", "Gilchrist", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Hettleman", "Hill", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Korman", "Krebs", "Krimm", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Luedtke", "Mangione", "McIntosh", "Metzgar", "Morgan", "Mosby", "P. Young", "Palakovich Carr", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "Pippy", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Smith", "Solomon", "Szeliga", "Terrasa", "W. Fisher", "Washington", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a3dd68-35b7-4083-8e11-bca02572c52c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0847?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "034ad10e2b495555d75e9d10d157d3f1d1ab279b191b23f518eeab74b7d47c86"
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 847 (2020) — State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_341_hb0847t.pdf)
2. **First - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0847f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0847t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boteler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McIntosh — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 341 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6a3dd68-35b7-4083-8e11-bca02572c52c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).