---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions"
description: "Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Maryland SB 83 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-07-02"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9c739c-e477-4388-a4ad-2a1eaa373eec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0083?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "889f8897c58ff56ca1bcbc4d25f82f7299320f9578580063ecd87e75f48edda2"
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 83 (2026) — Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_335_sb0083t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0083f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0083t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Health `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 335 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b9c739c-e477-4388-a4ad-2a1eaa373eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).