---
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: "SB 653"
citation: "Maryland SB 653 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596508aa-3eb0-408c-8e5b-9ca5ab1ff4d1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0653?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3c17687c6296d5d268163b773ac6bcb72513aaec88008ed6680db275a741d05e"
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 653 (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_245_sb0653t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0653f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Architects - Grounds for Discipline and Anonymous Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0653t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** 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 245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596508aa-3eb0-408c-8e5b-9ca5ab1ff4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).