---
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: "SB 523"
citation: "Maryland SB 523 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam", "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b165386e-e7a1-4c09-9b14-ffeb2fef56e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0523?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "335c4f1d659aa97fb1a98b4e1c0e85f3af93941faae101f3f8f35fa8c6a40e52"
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 523 (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_712_sb0523e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - 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/sb/sb0523e.pdf)
3. **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/sb/sb0523f.pdf)
4. **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/sb/sb0523t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)
- State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** 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`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 712 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b165386e-e7a1-4c09-9b14-ffeb2fef56e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).