---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acupuncture Licensure Requirements"
description: "Acupuncture Licensure Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "Maryland HB 188 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-10-20"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec267f1b-497f-4aae-86ac-caaa364c665a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0188?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d740a6e82646a6843d26fcb6e856de5c427a9e769d380b0d64d7a9e683c82bbf"
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 188 (2022) — Acupuncture Licensure Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Acupuncture Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_hb0188t.pdf)
2. **First - Acupuncture Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0188f.pdf)
3. **Third - Acupuncture Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0188t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 694 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec267f1b-497f-4aae-86ac-caaa364c665a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).