---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetologists - Esthetic Services - Definition"
description: "Cosmetologists - Esthetic Services - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1044"
citation: "Maryland SB 1044 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gile", "Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e180c4d-dff3-4e70-9930-527fab64a61e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1044?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "792f6270439db9b087545034893200be26f89a89f1afcac8d460bb635b92d396"
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 1044 (2024) — Cosmetologists - Esthetic Services - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cosmetologists - Esthetic Services - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_324_sb1044t.pdf)
2. **First - Cosmetologists - Esthetic Services - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1044f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cosmetologists - Esthetic Services - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1044t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gile — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e180c4d-dff3-4e70-9930-527fab64a61e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).