---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)"
description: "Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Maryland SB 707 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Ellis", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "James", "Lewis Young", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Salling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2fbff8e-45e4-4833-8c8c-72aa94a1bb81"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0707?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "79f0da03556573531930105ea951412e2214ab2d08a6ea7cac1b21624db14e41"
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 707 (2026) — Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_177_sb0707e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0707e.pdf)
3. **First - Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0707f.pdf)
4. **Third - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0707t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-27** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2fbff8e-45e4-4833-8c8c-72aa94a1bb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).