---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists – Duties, Appointment of Members, and Requirements for Licensees"
description: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists – Duties, Appointment of Members, and Requirements for Licensees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 600"
citation: "Maryland HB 600 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belcastro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e23a44-2f36-4a69-8dad-1324911c8478"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0600?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bffc5d0ab07f15485398a5f0c6b74495aeb1868f3907f33951c87e21f11cc3c9"
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 600 (2021) — State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists – Duties, Appointment of Members, and Requirements for Licensees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists – Duties, Appointment of Members, and Requirements for Licensees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_711_hb0600t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists – Duties, Appointment of Members, and Requirements for Licensees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0600f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists – Duties, Appointment of Members, and Requirements for Licensees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0600t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Belcastro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** 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 711 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e23a44-2f36-4a69-8dad-1324911c8478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).