---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure"
description: "Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Maryland SB 14 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-04"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a0c685b-cd1c-4240-bf88-7247b771375c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0014?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e6116ffea9a1bf490abb401de6fbd69bcdb362170e11e7877eacba5c2130f970"
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 14 (2023) — Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_264_sb0014t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0014f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0014t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a0c685b-cd1c-4240-bf88-7247b771375c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).