---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established"
description: "Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Maryland SB 283 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c38fa5ce-5858-4d25-b161-853a0a430037"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0283?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3dc9c4898d8d1ea03297c29da7dd3b560efa90065720e0147ac508f82622f4e2"
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 283 (2023) — Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_286_sb0283e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0283e.pdf)
3. **First - Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0283f.pdf)
4. **Third - Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0283t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c38fa5ce-5858-4d25-b161-853a0a430037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).