---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record"
description: "Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Maryland SB 2 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-28"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a04e53-4e5a-4dd6-b4cc-e180a517a8ef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0002?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9a56415b187a97a41229121b81ed397d86be388c7073b1749aeeeec6adc43185"
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 2 (2022) — Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_79_sb0002t.pdf)
2. **First - Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0002f.pdf)
3. **Third - Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0002t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42a04e53-4e5a-4dd6-b4cc-e180a517a8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).