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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 09, 2026: House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Reilly and White Holland)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 769
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Coleycosponsor
- Faircosponsor
- J. Longcosponsor
- Martinezcosponsor
- Robersoncosponsor
- Robertscosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Taylorcosponsor
- Tolescosponsor
- Alstoncosponsor
- Bagnallcosponsor
- Guzzonecosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- S. Johnsoncosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- Lopezcosponsor
- Rosenbergcosponsor
- Rosscosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
- Woormancosponsor
Votes
YES: 117
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Kerr
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Korman
- Roberson
- Toles
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Turner
- Barnes
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Williams
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Young
- Coley
- Howard
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
NO: 15
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Reilly and White Holland)
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- Apr 07, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {923223/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 06, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (117-15)
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {603125/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Bill Texts
- Text - First - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - RevisionsPDF
- Amendments {603125/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - EstablishedPDF
- Amendments {923223/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Martin, Dan (Mental Health Association of Maryland)
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, William
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Respress, Christy (Pathways to Housing DC)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- MDAD President, MDAD President (Maryland Association of the Deaf)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Brocht, Chauna
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Evwaraye, Onoriode
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Hardy-Chandler, Stacey (Association of Social Work Boards)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Kays, Lisa
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Laura (Montgomery County Counseling Center)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Agnew, Alyssa
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Henkel, Jennifer (ASWB)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, Rachel
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Massey, Michael
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- DeCarlo, Matthew (Open Social Work)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Charlotte (Trans Maryland)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ross, Philicia
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Love, Kristi
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Rodriguez, Victoria
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Rascovar, Daniel (Trans Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Williams, Melissa
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Tome, Gretchen
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Rabbitt, Dan (Behavioral Health System Baltimore)
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Sung, Susanna
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- (MD), State of Maryland
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Bushrod, Dionne
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Robertson, Glenda (AFSCME Local 1899)
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Monson, Marette (National Disability Rights Advocate)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Harris, Tarahn (Baltimore ABSW)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Balogh, Lindsey (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Mills, Morgan (Compass Government Relations)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Amodio, Jillian (Moms For Mental Health)
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Bison, Kaitlyn (The Council of State Governments)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Panepinto, Lynn
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bell, Ninah
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Doss, Coen
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Krone, Christine
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Reed, Bynia
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Cosby, Veronica (ACPS)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Mounty, Judith (SWEAR)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Woods, Jamila (Maryland General Assembly)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Gilliam, Christa (SWEAR)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Thomas, Eleshia (SWEAR Team)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Kim, Joy (Rutgers University School of Social Work)
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Williams, Frank (Psychological Services, Inc. (PSI).)
- HLT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- McDowell-Porter, Shelly
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Ross, Philicia (SWEAR Community)
