republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-552.md

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Bill	State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation	State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 552	Maryland SB 552 (2018)	bill	Health Occupations AELR Committee Alcoholic Beverages Art Music and Cultural Affairs Budget and Management Department of Committees and Commissions Continuing Education Controlled Dangerous Substances Counselors Education Emergency Bills Health Department of Health Occupations Legislative Services Department of Licenses Marriage Mental and Behavioral Health Psychologists Rehabilitation Reports Review Boards Rules and Regulations Social Workers Substance Abuse Sunset Work Labor and Employment	enacted	Chair	1	14	2	2018-01-31	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d783b422-81d9-4afb-8bbd-a65b940c6788	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB552&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	38f3bac62929e7d106c5ef535de1e7d17d9f18e22bd3d7fb3f165052dae1f9c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 552 (2018) — State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {194031/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-03-20 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-07 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d783b422-81d9-4afb-8bbd-a65b940c6788. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).