---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established"
description: "State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 769"
citation: "Maryland HB 769 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Coley", "Cullison", "Fair", "Guzzone", "Hill", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "White Holland", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5102391c-1c90-45c8-8457-23a53dda9d29"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0769?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "512a45052bd647432cc2c0027d2c2a1a9d422c1f0f59ee29b03d2c1846a355ab"
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 HB 769 (2026) — State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_227_hb0769e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0769e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0769f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0769t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **117–15** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **112–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-09** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Reilly and White Holland)
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Reilly and White Holland)
- **2026-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
- **2026-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5102391c-1c90-45c8-8457-23a53dda9d29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).