SB 418 — Professional Licensing Portability - Members of the Foreign Service and Spouses
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-29
Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circumstances.
Latest action: — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493
Sponsors (1)
- Bryan W. Simonaire (R, MD-31) — sponsor · 2026-01-29
Action timeline (9)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Hearing — Education, Energy, and the Environment
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · house — Second Reading — Passed
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable
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Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 4 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (4)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House economic matters | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate education, energy, and the environment | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan W. Simonaire (R, state_upper MD-31) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House economic matters · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate education, energy, and the environment · md-leg