---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupation – Licensing of Audiology Assistants"
description: "Health Occupation – Licensing of Audiology Assistants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Maryland HB 161 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1596f3f0-c6f9-43ae-a54f-a284548b92c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0161?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "be11ea8a0eb883fdfc15af3b4d99c0632aeec3eb7e6b269b6b7e6bde7af12795"
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 161 (2021) — Health Occupation – Licensing of Audiology Assistants

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupation – Licensing of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_713_hb0161t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations – Registration of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0161f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations – Registration of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0161t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Lam) Adopted
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 713 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1596f3f0-c6f9-43ae-a54f-a284548b92c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).