---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure"
description: "Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Maryland HB 294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70b1282-682c-4ea0-99dc-0c3f940f2678"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0294?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1e30c2fcfc455f8b4ce751c80e0d5ad1d4e711313fa33572f4da86e62a5a1489"
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 294 (2021) — Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_251_hb0294t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0294f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Occupations and Professions - Architects - Scope of Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0294t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e70b1282-682c-4ea0-99dc-0c3f940f2678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).