---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs"
description: "Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "Maryland SB 446 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "King", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9aa709e-f8cf-4795-8d10-ce2d73c60791"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0446?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9b27525a589575c2f4273e8ecb7e9338645663edb88b041b6503bcae334580ed"
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 446 (2022) — Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_152_sb0446t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0446f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0446t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/16 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 Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9aa709e-f8cf-4795-8d10-ce2d73c60791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).