---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions"
description: "Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Maryland SB 37 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-20"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c206080-4d25-4746-9cc5-0024662f2528"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0037?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "56f214b74fbf35b9114d490dfed142bfa8ad0cd8eb79918d4d95092eb3708409"
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 37 (2022) — Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_706_sb0037e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0037e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0037f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Occupations – State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners – Requiring License to Practice and Other Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0037t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **117–16** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 706 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c206080-4d25-4746-9cc5-0024662f2528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).