---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)"
description: "Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 868"
citation: "Maryland SB 868 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b43960-9183-4e0b-beea-836fd668c84e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0868?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "90885352467076191a926d00d795b5305a7e89785279b83542284a150b78606b"
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 868 (2022) — Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_737_sb0868t.pdf)
2. **First - Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0868f.pdf)
3. **Third - Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0868t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 737 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1b43960-9183-4e0b-beea-836fd668c84e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).