---
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: "SB 18"
citation: "Maryland SB 18 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-10-10"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece0a5f9-c731-4717-a3aa-3831291e41d0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0018?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4844d1d8c687fb5549c243603484ab8033048c55291678bd6ba353e60085d4cb"
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 18 (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_226_sb0018e.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/sb/sb0018e.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/sb/sb0018f.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/sb/sb0018t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **98–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **105–29** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Reassigned to Finance
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
- **2026-04-06** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-06** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-06** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
- **2026-04-06** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-06** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
- **2026-04-07** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
- **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 226 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece0a5f9-c731-4717-a3aa-3831291e41d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).