---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Public Accountancy - Sunset Extension and Report"
description: "State Board of Public Accountancy - Sunset Extension and Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "Maryland SB 261 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-10-12"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e7bbbe3-29be-4bd8-ae99-5344d51ce3c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0261?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9fcf3b60d52d7959692b6a29ed9fba4510a27f82ad5d53562fc084a8ff815717"
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 261 (2025) — State Board of Public Accountancy - Sunset Extension and Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Public Accountancy - Sunset Extension and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_84_sb0261t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Public Accountancy - Sunset Extension and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0261f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Public Accountancy - Sunset Extension and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0261t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e7bbbe3-29be-4bd8-ae99-5344d51ce3c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).