---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational Licenses or Certificates – Application Determinations – Use of Criminal History – Reports"
description: "Occupational Licenses or Certificates – Application Determinations – Use of Criminal History – Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Maryland HB 1597 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Criminal Background Investigations", "Environment", "Department of", "Ex-Offenders", "Health", "Department of", "Human Services", "Department of", "Labor", "Licensing", "and Regulation", "Department of", "Licenses", "Public Safety and Correctional Services", "Department of", "Reports", "Time", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5875370-82a8-40f7-9a5a-549ffcf403a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1597&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "1967be10250bfa91802c158a02dec475ce47014db56510e8f3f98991ba96175f"
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 1597 (2018) — Occupational Licenses or Certificates – Application Determinations – Use of Criminal History – Reports

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1597f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **88–46** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {892018/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (105-31) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-26** Reassigned to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-03-27** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {574238/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (88-46) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 796 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5875370-82a8-40f7-9a5a-549ffcf403a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).