republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/sb-240.md

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Bill	State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension	State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 240	Maryland SB 240 (2024)	bill		enacted		4	17	3	2023-09-08	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/9d74f355-e4ed-41a2-8a3a-b27fe3067feb	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0240?ys=2024RS&search=True	45e2aa81c32ed1dae470cbcaed7167795f2a37d1ef00121f9c6cdcb85fed2bc3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 240 (2024) — State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension (committee substitute) — source
3. First - State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 136–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2023-09-08 Pre-filed introduction
• 2024-01-10 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Hearing 1/18 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2024-01-29 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-02-01 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-02-07 Referred Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2024-03-16 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-04-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-04 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-06 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2024-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-06 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d74f355-e4ed-41a2-8a3a-b27fe3067feb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).