---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members"
description: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "Maryland SB 714 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441732c4-f01a-40a1-957f-20b0f4f939ad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0714?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3b83643a81e4b3cfc4ded533283a4c9d457ee0b6a43634d1df8be01d3f56b330"
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 714 (2024) — State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_910_sb0714t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0714f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0714t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** 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 910 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/441732c4-f01a-40a1-957f-20b0f4f939ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).