---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbers - Employment of Apprentice Barbers - Alterations"
description: "Barbers - Employment of Apprentice Barbers - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1317"
citation: "Maryland HB 1317 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28646da8-893d-4954-b93f-e970631b5e22"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1317?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7f5a6e83a85244b0a99b9c088b9a096e44f8b7d4a8841bffc673793183ce47c"
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 1317 (2021) — Barbers - Employment of Apprentice Barbers - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Barbers - Employment of Apprentice Barbers - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_194_hb1317t.pdf)
2. **First - Barbers - Employment of Apprentice Barbers - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1317f.pdf)
3. **Third - Barbers - Employment of Apprentice Barbers - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1317t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 194 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28646da8-893d-4954-b93f-e970631b5e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).