---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension"
description: "State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Maryland SB 296 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10a2981-3512-4802-b168-4272f5d125cb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0296?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ad2a30d4b2722d955b613ba813bdec4812c604dbf0ab590cd188214be01fabde"
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 296 (2024) — State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_399_sb0296t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0296f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0296t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse Receded) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Kagan and Simonaire)
- **2024-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Kagan and Simonaire)
- **2024-04-08** Motion Recede (Delegate Wilson) Adopted
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Recede
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d10a2981-3512-4802-b168-4272f5d125cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).