---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant"
description: "Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "Maryland SB 726 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Lam", "Rosapepe", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91abef3b-a95e-4c5e-9daa-6e2ecaa98fc8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0726?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4f8b5caee6eb24e044cf5a6bcc01ab1c34287c00e555f9a79651c7d41be17259"
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 726 (2020) — Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_578_sb0726e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0726e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0726f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - School Physical Examinations - Physician Assistant** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0726t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- West — 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 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 578 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91abef3b-a95e-4c5e-9daa-6e2ecaa98fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).