---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications"
description: "Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 132"
citation: "Maryland HB 132 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc65da71-2335-4fb0-9848-c72542537b4c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0132?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a379b6c3806668ffcca4c4eeaa1a8a424ca1a3c78ab8270e36243a1beb28bce"
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 132 (2023) — Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_340_hb0132t.pdf)
2. **First - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0132f.pdf)
3. **Third - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0132t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/07 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`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 340 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc65da71-2335-4fb0-9848-c72542537b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).