republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-958.md

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Bill	State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists – Licensure, Disciplinary Action, Criminal History Records Checks, and Trainee Status – Revisions	State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists – Licensure, Disciplinary Action, Criminal History Records Checks, and Trainee Status – Revisions	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 958	Maryland SB 958 (2019)	bill	Health Occupations Archives Art Music and Cultural Affairs Certifications Committees and Commissions Communications Counselors Criminal Background Investigations Data Disclosure Education Electronic Government Examinations Fees Higher Education Internet Job Training Licenses Mental and Behavioral Health Notices Open Government Penalties and Sentences Public Information Records Signs and Billboards Telecommunications and Information Technology	enacted	Jennings	1	16	2	2019-02-15	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1cc2ef4f-2202-4a48-aa61-5014dcfc0577	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB958&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	c15d110568c937df5c44805b9e2f9fb5cf6810d1a58893c1a838cdd4e505d51a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 958 (2019) — State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists – Licensure, Disciplinary Action, Criminal History Records Checks, and Trainee Status – Revisions

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 — 137–2 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennings — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 First Reading Senate Rules referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
• 2019-02-26 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-04-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Favorable with Amendments {654538/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2019-04-03 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
• 2019-04-04 Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-04-05 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-06 Third Reading Passed (137-2) passage
• 2019-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cc2ef4f-2202-4a48-aa61-5014dcfc0577. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).