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---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing"
description: "State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 645"
citation: "Maryland SB 645 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d071d5a4-d314-49b4-a823-3c3ec135b03a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0645?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a42c38ecc9e5c85ca771fdc92b47d0c1869320af1172938c47ab3436c1bd3cc1"
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 645 (2026) — State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_196_sb0645t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0645f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0645t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- King — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 196 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d071d5a4-d314-49b4-a823-3c3ec135b03a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).