---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Law Examiners – Sunset Extension"
description: "State Board of Law Examiners – Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Maryland HB 97 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Attorneys", "Committees and Commissions", "Examinations", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bba1ca2-f466-435f-890d-e609d765a4b4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB97&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d8706e2691e257f2a8cdd7ba2f0162b2c1be63f0a3aa79491558f2259e4049b1"
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 97 (2018) — State Board of Law Examiners – Sunset Extension

## 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/hb0097f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-16** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-01** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bba1ca2-f466-435f-890d-e609d765a4b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).