---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Licensing of Audiology Assistants"
description: "Health Occupations - Licensing of Audiology Assistants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Maryland SB 379 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62f5800-0847-450e-9db5-6932b36d833a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0379?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c4320fa537c91c843bef0e8246f10c4ff99714066ee1b5fcf54b9b8c03b1f8eb"
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 379 (2021) — Health Occupations - Licensing of Audiology Assistants

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Licensing of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_714_sb0379e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations - Licensing of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0379e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Occupations - Registration of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0379f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Occupations - Licensing of Audiology Assistants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0379t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 714 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b62f5800-0847-450e-9db5-6932b36d833a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).