---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Land Surveyors - Surveying Practice - Definition and Licensing Exception"
description: "Professional Land Surveyors - Surveying Practice - Definition and Licensing Exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 684"
citation: "Maryland HB 684 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valderrama"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03273c0a-5f5b-4b99-a389-3bb2863fe39c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0684?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "607df8cb048509e5bb390718bbf19bb1abacd49998c0a8fc2a9fcff47dee08c2"
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 684 (2021) — Professional Land Surveyors - Surveying Practice - Definition and Licensing Exception

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Professional Land Surveyors - Surveying Practice - Definition and Licensing Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_432_hb0684t.pdf)
2. **First - Professional Land Surveyors - Surveying Practice - Definition and Licensing Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0684f.pdf)
3. **Third - Professional Land Surveyors - Surveying Practice - Definition and Licensing Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0684t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valderrama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Reilly) Adopted
- **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 432 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03273c0a-5f5b-4b99-a389-3bb2863fe39c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).