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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy"
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description: "State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7"
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citation: "Maryland HB 7 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-09-30"
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last_action: "2026-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475da856-856d-4b7d-a0a1-928ebc08a8bc"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0007?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "c466dc4b9d409896134dd9ddde2ab5d28af8036114b39cdfb90d13b645bf14a4"
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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 7 (2026) — State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy
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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 - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_30_hb0007t.pdf)
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2. **First - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0007f.pdf)
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3. **Third - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0007t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 7 HB 42 HB 274 HB 322 HB 347 HB 377 HB 380 HB 422 HB 442 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
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- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 30 `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/475da856-856d-4b7d-a0a1-928ebc08a8bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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