---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status"
description: "State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Maryland SB 148 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-31"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f6909e-6e10-4880-b64c-53b5b589a5a0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0148?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "547328f9eb7230fd4c3026722b0ea6cb5a2cc36b1d7f007f0b09026aeb1fe797"
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 148 (2025) — State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_405_sb0148e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0148e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0148f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0148t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8f6909e-6e10-4880-b64c-53b5b589a5a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).