---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements"
description: "Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Maryland SB 280 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Benson", "Carozza", "Cassilly", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Ferguson", "Gallion", "Griffith", "Hershey", "Hester", "Jennings", "Klausmeier", "Lam", "Miller", "Patterson", "Peters", "President", "Ready", "Reilly", "Salling", "Serafini", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/311184c5-1ccc-4fd2-a28f-6f0e8f46546e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0280?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4ec116c65c9d8201a0abf350dcc0e09a8e60d603174f68bba69f78a2aa9787bf"
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 280 (2020) — Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_177_sb0280t.pdf)
2. **First - Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0280f.pdf)
3. **Third - Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0280t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Serafini — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 177 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/311184c5-1ccc-4fd2-a28f-6f0e8f46546e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).