---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetology Licensure Compact"
description: "Cosmetology Licensure Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Maryland SB 27 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Gile", "Klausmeier", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41e6921e-ece7-4d66-941f-cef87104aafe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0027?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "17ed123095c432d7cfaaed1f33442b01676c34b7b3f55938af7215f04af0ca7c"
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 27 (2024) — Cosmetology Licensure Compact

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cosmetology Licensure Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_329_sb0027t.pdf)
2. **First - Cosmetology Licensure Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0027f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cosmetology Licensure Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0027t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Reassigned to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41e6921e-ece7-4d66-941f-cef87104aafe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).