---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks"
description: "Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Maryland SB 708 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f34ca8b-3635-4f31-9d43-ef077f6267e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0708?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dcd3aee09e8cffbdb9339416ff7ed66eefc45978355368bc132c49f058e6fa04"
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 708 (2023) — Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_sb0708t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0708f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0708t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `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
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f34ca8b-3635-4f31-9d43-ef077f6267e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).