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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure"
+description: "Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 294"
+citation: "Maryland HB 294 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-10-30"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70b1282-682c-4ea0-99dc-0c3f940f2678"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0294?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1e30c2fcfc455f8b4ce751c80e0d5ad1d4e711313fa33572f4da86e62a5a1489"
+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 HB 294 (2021) — Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_251_hb0294t.pdf)
+2. **First - Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0294f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0294t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e70b1282-682c-4ea0-99dc-0c3f940f2678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+