---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline and Anonymous Complaints"
description: "State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline and Anonymous Complaints"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1180"
citation: "Maryland HB 1180 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3525f584-9614-4281-8c43-2c2b81c060cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1180?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c8346af61db5f624283843b26ff6c08863207f52d30c621efd5121bfaac15b39"
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 HB 1180 (2026) — State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline and Anonymous Complaints

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline and Anonymous Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_246_hb1180t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1180f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline and Anonymous Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1180t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-03** Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3525f584-9614-4281-8c43-2c2b81c060cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).