---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Referrals and Licenses"
description: "Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Referrals and Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 966"
citation: "Maryland SB 966 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf1da730-9c28-47bd-b0b3-0bd9a46ac5ba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0966?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ea360ed7eac9bd8db27e780458c0a694832ae85bd459898168f1ffba7b447ad"
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 966 (2020) — Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Referrals and Licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Referrals and Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_589_sb0966t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Referrals and Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0966f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Referrals and Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0966t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 589 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf1da730-9c28-47bd-b0b3-0bd9a46ac5ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).