---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Training and Disciplinary Processes - Revisions"
description: "State Board of Dental Examiners - Training and Disciplinary Processes - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 969"
citation: "Maryland HB 969 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly", "Pena-Melnyk", "Saab"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee89487a-2e33-4c51-beb4-3dacc893bc47"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0969?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "03302a4d941206d4e6b1b31362a152bc1df6582823030c66928a4432adacf313"
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 969 (2022) — State Board of Dental Examiners - Training and Disciplinary Processes - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Dental Examiners - Training and Disciplinary Processes - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_309_hb0969t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Dental Examiners - Membership, Training, and Disciplinary Processes - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0969f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Dental Examiners - Training and Disciplinary Processes - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0969t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee89487a-2e33-4c51-beb4-3dacc893bc47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).