---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State"
description: "Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "Maryland SB 749 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2f3b8e3-2b68-4bef-9f1d-bc316e693505"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0749?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e5c00bbdf1ff4efa13cda43bb46fe5e8fbfaa7bc8d5dcee1cc6768ec9b3c49da"
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 749 (2025) — Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_11_sb0749e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0749e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Dental Examiners - Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0749f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Dental Examiners - Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0749t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2f3b8e3-2b68-4bef-9f1d-bc316e693505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).