---
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: "SB 182"
citation: "Maryland SB 182 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cf5109c-b903-426d-bff9-07e031db7f6d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0182?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d21f8ffd0ae0d963de9b93dad1e3970f1c03021dac2bc5e077a4c236285086d5"
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 182 (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_159_sb0182t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0182f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0182t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 159 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cf5109c-b903-426d-bff9-07e031db7f6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).