---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services"
description: "Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Maryland SB 207 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Carozza", "Carter", "Ellis", "Hayes", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Patterson", "Pinsky", "Ready", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Washington", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4702b89-64af-45cf-ada7-81992a33161a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0207?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eb9b1fb5668c43fca229a12714fa53c744c3f1226aa5588d350724c7a575e091"
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 207 (2020) — Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_109_sb0207t.pdf)
2. **First - Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0207f.pdf)
3. **Third - Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0207t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Washington) Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 109 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4702b89-64af-45cf-ada7-81992a33161a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).