---
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: "SB 186"
citation: "Maryland SB 186 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-18"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098d0c92-74c0-4a83-a111-6963935bbab9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0186?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d9547e69531525cd429166e73e582feec92103f6ccfb4dc68d17fcaa7f766c5d"
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 SB 186 (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_27_sb0186t.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/sb/sb0186f.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/sb/sb0186t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Reassigned to Finance
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 27 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/098d0c92-74c0-4a83-a111-6963935bbab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).