---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status"
description: "State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 380"
citation: "Maryland HB 380 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece8da65-afe6-47ee-8541-b1753c512b6f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0380?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c365e4b7335d87bc2d3b45211ef3cbab37604098c030cc55ec565a3510565d93"
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 380 (2026) — State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_26_hb0380t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0380f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0380t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- S. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece8da65-afe6-47ee-8541-b1753c512b6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).