---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)"
description: "Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Maryland SB 197 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-27"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d349e92-b265-455a-95df-ebca88f91b08"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0197?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "09f1250460d76bc1c137dacaa9bc739bd48356bcf40ef49671e701c8021ed09d"
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 197 (2024) — Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_882_sb0197e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0197e.pdf)
3. **First - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0197f.pdf)
4. **Third - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0197t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **100–39** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 882 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d349e92-b265-455a-95df-ebca88f91b08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).