---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
description: "State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 549"
citation: "Maryland SB 549 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Administrative Hearings", "Office of", "Administrative Procedure Act", "Committees and Commissions", "Criminal Background Investigations", "Discipline", "Emergency Bills", "Health Care Facilities", "Health and Mental Hygiene", "Department of", "Health Occupations", "Hearings", "Hospitals", "Licenses", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pharmacists and Pharmacies", "Physicians", "Reports", "Sexual Offenses", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e34e8f27-baf7-4a7e-9439-14ed96ac9c58"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB549&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "7579a082fd5e63f77b4bf49c6a206ccf64543c468b238fdb273abc200965d691"
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 SB 549 (2017) — State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0549f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-02** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {124339/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {296680/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Floor Committee Amendment {466085/1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 217 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e34e8f27-baf7-4a7e-9439-14ed96ac9c58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).