---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications"
description: "Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "Maryland SB 692 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bbac98d-fed1-45bf-8d10-0488d19a982f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0692?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0cce9510762cbc0f069e34775dfe59cdfa49799181a26ce113dc2bc5954cb152"
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 692 (2020) — Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_575_sb0692t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0692f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0692t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bbac98d-fed1-45bf-8d10-0488d19a982f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).