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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: "SB 449"
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citation: "Maryland SB 449 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Ellis", "Gile", "Hershey", "Kelly", "Kramer", "Mautz", "Ready"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-02"
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last_action: "2023-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/210691e0-a22d-48fa-a4b7-a607b65b7484"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0449?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "1b0ca07ee46e0c0ab37af00cee07ec639dd4ec08c9073d134cee110a4ae7dc29"
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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 SB 449 (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_61_sb0449t.pdf)
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2. **First - Health Occupations - Practice Audiology - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0449f.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/sb/sb0449t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Beidle — primary (person)
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- Ellis — primary (person)
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- Gile — primary (person)
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- Hershey — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- Kramer — primary (person)
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- Mautz — primary (person)
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- Ready — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-18** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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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- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
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- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 61 `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/210691e0-a22d-48fa-a4b7-a607b65b7484`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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