---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults"
description: "Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 799"
citation: "Maryland SB 799 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c74804-85b5-460b-a1db-881f9dfdbcac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0799?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0f7927bb88e9b746634c688e7702599c6ed68219c8f06e0a786cd383919da6c8"
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 799 (2024) — Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_902_sb0799t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0799f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0799t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 902 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5c74804-85b5-460b-a1db-881f9dfdbcac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).