---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council"
description: "Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Maryland SB 608 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9a54a9-c3b9-4bc0-9c66-273286c87fc1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0608?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6928824e38ed7eb0e5a7aef451ce77da9e3178173d0a97fa96b8ab2c164a8a0f"
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 608 (2023) — Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_44_sb0608t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0608f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0608t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 44 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af9a54a9-c3b9-4bc0-9c66-273286c87fc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).