---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietitian-Nutritionists - Application Requirements"
description: "State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietitian-Nutritionists - Application Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "Maryland HB 378 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/538804be-be31-4ccb-adc8-2ae32cb74cf7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0378?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8cab83c1d64e8270713733cacc33ecee99162fc72c2dd385f312996c8f2e80ee"
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 378 (2024) — State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietitian-Nutritionists - Application Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietitian-Nutritionists - Application Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_961_hb0378t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietician-Nutritionists - Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0378f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietitian-Nutritionists - Application Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0378t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 961 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/538804be-be31-4ccb-adc8-2ae32cb74cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).