---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions"
description: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Maryland SB 174 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d562546-8d07-47cc-a5e1-dfbb70e679dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0174?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e586cb2ee4065b37a3476ba5b868113c668eaa37a14ae10f7324ccf1b7a8a65d"
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 174 (2020) — State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_380_sb0174t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0174f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0174t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 380 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d562546-8d07-47cc-a5e1-dfbb70e679dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).