---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks"
description: "State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Maryland SB 175 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-12"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91bdc546-4214-4ad6-a4aa-ff2e9b8e2b14"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0175?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "24c15d22e446debb5c958a8d4876054ecd3b02abf79c4222a1a07b650bf98e32"
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 175 (2024) — State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_815_sb0175t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0175f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0175t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 815 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91bdc546-4214-4ad6-a4aa-ff2e9b8e2b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).