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IntroducedOct 10, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 02, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 07, 2026: House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 18
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 42
- Mr. President
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gile
- James
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- McKay
- Watson
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Muse
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Ready
- Zucker
- Ellis
- Hershey
NO: 0
ABSENT: 4
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 98
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Chang
- Healey
- Odom
- Smith
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
NO: 36
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 07, 2026 | Senate
- House Refuses Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
- Apr 06, 2026 | House
- Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
- House Refuses Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, White Holland and Reilly)
- Apr 03, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Ready and Lam)
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (98-36)
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {823426/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- Referred Health
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {373420/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Reassigned to Finance
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Oct 10, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - RevisionsPDF
- Amendments {373420/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - EstablishedPDF
- Amendments {823426/1 Adopted (House)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Brocht, Chauna
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Charlotte (Trans Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, William
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Respress, Christy (Pathways to Housing DC)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ross, Philicia
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- Bison, Kaitlyn (The Council of State Governments)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Agnew, Alyssa
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- (MD), State of Maryland
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Martin, Dan (Mental Health Association of Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Ross, Philicia (Social Workers for Equity and Anti-Racism (SWEAR))
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kays, Lisa
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Armendariz, Rebecca
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Postmus, Dean Judy (University of Maryland School of Social Work)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Henkel, Jennifer (ASWB)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- James, Nicole
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, Rachel
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Bushrod, Dionne
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- O'Reilly, Nicole
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Panepinto, Lynn
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Massey, Michael
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Sung, Susanna
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- MDAD President, MDAD President (Maryland Association of the Deaf)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Browning, Jeremy (Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- McDowell-Porter, Shelly (Self)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Wilkerson, Emanuel
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Reed, Bynia
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Harris, Tarahn (Baltimore ABSW)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rascovar, Daniel (Trans Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Washington, Mary (Maryland General Assembly)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rabbitt, Dan (Behavioral Health System Baltimore)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- medina, b.a.
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rivera, Carmen
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Hardy-Chandler, Stacey (Association of Social Work Boards)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Balogh, Lindsey (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gilliam, Christa (SWEAR)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Mills, Morgan (Compass Government Relations)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Owens, Stacey
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Duke, Brittany
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Clarida, Jai
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bell, Ninah
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Rodriguez, Victoria
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Smith, Maria (Inclusive Therapy)
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Williams, Dr. Frank (PSI)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Doyle, William
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Littell, Melinda
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Ross, Philicia (Social Workers for Equity and Anti-Racism (SWEAR))
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- (MD), State of Maryland
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Towne, Ezra
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Rodriguez, Victoria
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Massey, Michael
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