---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study on the Utilization of the Expedited Licensing Process for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses"
description: "Study on the Utilization of the Expedited Licensing Process for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1162"
citation: "Maryland HB 1162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Anderton", "Attar", "Baker", "Buckel", "Charles", "Crosby", "D. Jones", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Kipke", "Lopez", "McComas", "Miller", "Otto", "Palakovich Carr", "Pippy", "R. Long", "Reilly", "S. Johnson", "Schmidt", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson", "Valentine", "Wells", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70409f1b-3f24-44a1-9c85-7f1c210157a7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1162?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e33a3a9564b69e7cb59d405483e2f19e3a4a8e66585a9ad1b1ee3593169eaed1"
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 1162 (2023) — Study on the Utilization of the Expedited Licensing Process for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Study on the Utilization of the Expedited Licensing Process for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_619_hb1162t.pdf)
2. **First - Study on the Utilization of the Expedited Licensing Process for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1162f.pdf)
3. **Third - Study on the Utilization of the Expedited Licensing Process for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1162t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Baker — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-14** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70409f1b-3f24-44a1-9c85-7f1c210157a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).