---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs"
description: "Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "Maryland SB 527 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3d424d0-7c60-4eb7-ae27-76541b4603e8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0527?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c576cf3b95974ddb5e553db26c747cb5c93f11254b3dfc5caf75fd3437a5a6ed"
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 527 (2023) — 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 - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_278_sb0527t.pdf)
2. **First - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0527f.pdf)
3. **Third - Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0527t.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3d424d0-7c60-4eb7-ae27-76541b4603e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).