---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices"
description: "State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Maryland HB 448 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f17238f-21eb-4e79-a497-e16b58168f5f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0448?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b1a9251e3fcccd235740a4cd618bd5653d9db1dc044289a7ec6015eb6ce38c31"
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 448 (2022) — State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_108_hb0448t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Cosmetology - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0448f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0448t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `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`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f17238f-21eb-4e79-a497-e16b58168f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).