---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process"
description: "Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 557"
citation: "Maryland HB 557 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Alston", "Boafo", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Davis", "Harrison", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kerr", "Roberts", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc2f5fd-abec-4dad-9164-cd66ff5b224d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0557?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c990730e84724f46b1cd83aa3b0e6114f0ac2ca1160b5d33cd5fd29b84eb500f"
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 557 (2026) — Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_302_hb0557t.pdf)
2. **First - Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0557f.pdf)
3. **Third - Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0557t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afc2f5fd-abec-4dad-9164-cd66ff5b224d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).