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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension"
+description: "State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 274"
+citation: "Maryland HB 274 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-09-24"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b0bdf5a-ba0a-42b1-b5f0-94f0d366bd5b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0274?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "73afc355d28cf78b196c3686fbd28b366594f2c834178787e22e902065961a6a"
+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 274 (2026) — State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_135_hb0274t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0274f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0274t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Health Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 135 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b0bdf5a-ba0a-42b1-b5f0-94f0d366bd5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+