---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships"
description: "State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Maryland SB 222 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-13"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a42673c-e204-4753-8b90-f846b7b6ce62"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0222?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ceb935cb742bd1939f24b13270ca5824791ae1868bc247bbb868127f83d200b0"
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 222 (2024) — State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_49_sb0222t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0222f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0222t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a42673c-e204-4753-8b90-f846b7b6ce62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).