---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation"
description: "Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 968"
citation: "Maryland HB 968 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Landis", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aeec201-1d2d-410d-ba78-c0fd9847f6ee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0968?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "395629340d9441240d2d9fd1db076c952f943967aebcd1eb4282db58e4ed81cc"
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 968 (2022) — Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_364_hb0968e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0968e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0968f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0968t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aeec201-1d2d-410d-ba78-c0fd9847f6ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).