---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions"
description: "Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 952"
citation: "Maryland SB 952 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db1ceb9d-7151-45e3-b0b3-84255da0980a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0952?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "159e687f0b0b79a3271adb61f229031d110e3efbdc5dff5155361efeef4fa481"
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 952 (2024) — Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_839_sb0952e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0952e.pdf)
3. **First - Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0952f.pdf)
4. **Third - Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0952t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 839 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db1ceb9d-7151-45e3-b0b3-84255da0980a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).