---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Licensure - Faculty Members at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry"
description: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Licensure - Faculty Members at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 800"
citation: "Maryland HB 800 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Dentists", "Education", "Examinations", "International Affairs", "Licenses", "State Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dbed38a-854d-41b4-bf11-9b1e86a4f9e1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB800&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8e612423e998a2eed5716aa9a014a91c3e807e40fca00c9b830705c6423d16f1"
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 800 (2018) — State Board of Dental Examiners - Licensure - Faculty Members at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry

## 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/hb0800f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {956487/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dbed38a-854d-41b4-bf11-9b1e86a4f9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).