---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing"
description: "State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Maryland SB 34 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-07-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b84b801-27b7-4a3c-90f1-915e84a55bd3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0034?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "08d18442b6a2936b73898f243855ff0bf822bc7908a1dd7b0e0258c3867f9222"
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 SB 34 (2021) — State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_604_sb0034t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0034f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0034t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 604 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b84b801-27b7-4a3c-90f1-915e84a55bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).