---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland"
description: "Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "Maryland SB 357 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Jackson", "King", "Klausmeier", "Lee", "Patterson", "Sydnor", "Watson", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49883b9e-3b78-489a-beaa-0d3f7ea94037"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0357?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a4aaadf29dfac7e111d0405690f18401b9dfd389fac37394d07e34c5e4bf4261"
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 357 (2022) — Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_190_sb0357e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0357e.pdf)
3. **First - Adult Protective Services - Vulnerable Adults Registry - Investigations and Records of Abuse and Neglect and Workgroup Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0357f.pdf)
4. **Third - Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0357t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49883b9e-3b78-489a-beaa-0d3f7ea94037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).