---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work"
description: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Maryland SB 145 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aaf01ce-1af3-4f88-9dd5-160bb45ebbd5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0145?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "28b032ba1492ce55c0c2bd3ae6535d12fcb0173ab368d2b9bd295d15765724a5"
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 145 (2023) — State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_317_sb0145e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0145e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Temporary License to Practice Social Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0145f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional and Temporary Licenses to Practice Social Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0145t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aaf01ce-1af3-4f88-9dd5-160bb45ebbd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).