---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Maryland Music Therapists Act"
description: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Maryland Music Therapists Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Maryland SB 82 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb3e8068-8503-4913-ba48-dbc286bc643f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0082?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8b8b53a229aa3111920b7360ec9b26ebda7df2f048a9c393d8fe2e72d03ab7d5"
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 82 (2021) — State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Maryland Music Therapists Act

## 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 - Maryland Music Therapists Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_800_sb0082e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Maryland Music Therapists Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0082e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Maryland Music Therapists Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0082f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Maryland Music Therapists Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0082t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **103–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-29** 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.
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** 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 800 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb3e8068-8503-4913-ba48-dbc286bc643f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).