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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acupuncture Licensure Requirements"
description: "Acupuncture Licensure Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Maryland SB 120 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-20"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f60ab3b-29ec-4db2-8ec7-123c61e78b04"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0120?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0c3e48a7527ed353b16934c89b3b81418f3a8a09487651e9f41085a758caac3b"
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 120 (2022) — Acupuncture Licensure Requirements
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Acupuncture Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_695_sb0120t.pdf)
2. **First - Acupuncture Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0120f.pdf)
3. **Third - Acupuncture Licensure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0120t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1331** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lam — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-16** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-18** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 695 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f60ab3b-29ec-4db2-8ec7-123c61e78b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).