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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Acupuncture Board - Practice of Acupuncture - Definition and Education Requirements"
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description: "State Acupuncture Board - Practice of Acupuncture - Definition and Education Requirements"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 404"
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citation: "Maryland HB 404 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Acupuncturists", "Committees and Commissions", "Education", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Licenses", "Medical Treatments"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lewis"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a0a79d-e834-4583-9064-003c315831c2"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB404&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "a560d17ddf219e68f70424656cbcc58130b0a3cce9ae9cfe557af5dac015d35c"
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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 404 (2019) — State Acupuncture Board - Practice of Acupuncture - Definition and Education Requirements
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0404f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **127–11** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — cosponsor (person)
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- Bhandari — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-30** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-30** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {706085/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-07** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate Kelly) Adopted
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- **2019-03-07** Floor Amendment {503526/1 (Delegate Kelly) Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-08** Third Reading Passed (127-7) `passage`
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- **2019-03-11** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments {584139/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** House Concur - Senate Amendments
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- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (127-11) `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 `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/94a0a79d-e834-4583-9064-003c315831c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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