---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)"
description: "Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Maryland SB 167 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-27"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a570f4b-9d17-42c9-8fd4-8ffa4fb5e0bb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0167?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8395ff32779cde7ebc691fd96d4e76d4c8a4fc1b329e04748f06334c39a8ff60"
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 167 (2024) — Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_919_sb0167t.pdf)
2. **First - Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0167f.pdf)
3. **Third - Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0167t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 919 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a570f4b-9d17-42c9-8fd4-8ffa4fb5e0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).