---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services (Self-Direction Act of 2022)"
description: "Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services (Self-Direction Act of 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "Maryland HB 1020 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Landis", "Morgan", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "Proctor", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d9696b4-8f8b-408b-8b81-79fa400df29e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1020?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5db2f957f3c7b68faa4dabba2d8302858eae471c71bdadd87f92162081eb5549"
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 1020 (2022) — Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services (Self-Direction Act of 2022)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services (Self-Direction Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_736_hb1020t.pdf)
2. **First - Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1020f.pdf)
3. **Third - Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services (Self-Direction Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1020t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 3/09 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/09 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Cox) Adopted
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d9696b4-8f8b-408b-8b81-79fa400df29e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).