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type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
description: "State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "Maryland SB 552 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d783b422-81d9-4afb-8bbd-a65b940c6788"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB552&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "38f3bac62929e7d106c5ef535de1e7d17d9f18e22bd3d7fb3f165052dae1f9c1"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0552f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1370** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d783b422-81d9-4afb-8bbd-a65b940c6788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).