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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures"
description: "Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 947"
citation: "Maryland SB 947 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Emergency Medical Services", "Emergencies", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Notices", "Public Employees", "State Hospitals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e74dca10-549b-4477-940b-cab9c7d2928c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB947&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "c9a1f77d87528879849b6adb123b83c012cf7e6368f06e4cc493bf80553da7c0"
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 947 (2018) — Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures
## 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/sb0947f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {737772/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 730 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e74dca10-549b-4477-940b-cab9c7d2928c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).