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Bill	Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)	Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 707	Maryland SB 707 (2026)	bill		enacted	Carozza Ellis Gile Hershey Hester James Lewis Young McKay Muse Ready Salling	4	18	3	2026-02-06	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d2fbff8e-45e4-4833-8c8c-72aa94a1bb81	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0707?ys=2026RS	79f0da03556573531930105ea951412e2214ab2d08a6ea7cac1b21624db14e41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 707 (2026) — Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Mental Health Law - Definition of Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others and Reports on Emergency Evaluation Petitions (Right to Treatment) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 129–0 (pass) · lower
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carozza — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Hershey — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• James — primary (person)
• Lewis Young — primary (person)
• McKay — primary (person)
• Muse — primary (person)
• Ready — primary (person)
• Salling — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-06 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-24 Referred Health referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-27 Hearing canceled
• 2026-03-27 Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2fbff8e-45e4-4833-8c8c-72aa94a1bb81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).