---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training"
description: "Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "Maryland SB 705 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Hough", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3d4647a-0914-4efe-a93e-10d26f944b5d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0705?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "24292bb12a5bc47bfa05f4abd55ac5600b759cd77db1d3185e7af7b7d1dd13ed"
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 705 (2022) — Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_562_sb0705e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0705e.pdf)
3. **First - Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0705f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education – Physical Restraint and Seclusion – Limitations, Reporting, and Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0705t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Cassilly /233424/1 — **13–31** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-02** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-02** Hearing 3/02 at 1:03 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 562 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3d4647a-0914-4efe-a93e-10d26f944b5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).