---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process"
description: "Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Maryland SB 245 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33909154-3a1f-43e3-9c90-0de6c17bfead"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0245?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "db7a1cae06b52a55184bc233b60723649bc575496e7fffbd9ea966c048cf014f"
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 245 (2020) — Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_543_sb0245e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0245e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0245f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scope of Practice, Supervision, and Application Decision Appeal Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0245t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Kelly) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 543 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33909154-3a1f-43e3-9c90-0de6c17bfead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).