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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application"
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description: "Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 401"
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citation: "Maryland HB 401 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White", "Woods"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-01-27"
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last_action: "2023-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1afdd76d-ad4d-41f5-9d28-310aea7fdd99"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0401?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "72879aac666b694fc0214fa27709e0bdc2287c954fbf7a1a17a68b0d455c4c35"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 401 (2023) — Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_60_hb0401t.pdf)
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2. **First - Health Occupations – Practice Audiology – Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0401f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0401t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hutchinson — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- M. Morgan — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Reilly — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Szeliga — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-27** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2023-02-08** Hearing canceled
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- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/08 at 2:25 p.m.
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- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-10** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
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- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1afdd76d-ad4d-41f5-9d28-310aea7fdd99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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