---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement"
description: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 792"
citation: "Maryland SB 792 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mautz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e747f6e4-09d3-40e1-aedd-3cd6e8f9fad2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0792?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c1dc9b91fce8e89c9d55a285f6917c306f418e6b9a071b3029db9953eeb2c089"
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 792 (2025) — State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_24_sb0792t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0792f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0792t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mautz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e747f6e4-09d3-40e1-aedd-3cd6e8f9fad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).