---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Revisions"
description: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 597"
citation: "Maryland SB 597 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e37c9a1f-d311-4531-ae19-2ab9fb3b37bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0597?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "10b3a8d436b6954b49b6e64581ecc60e69ca287e9858d21a3c1ba217fb00bfe3"
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 597 (2021) — State Board of Social Work Examiners - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_782_sb0597t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0597f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0597t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 782 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e37c9a1f-d311-4531-ae19-2ab9fb3b37bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).