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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices"
+description: "Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 944"
+citation: "Maryland SB 944 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c83543-8b71-440a-a85e-44b2d5cbaafb"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0944?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "f944855aba224b4cdd0b913403345362a2681db7be67140ecf28eb6193927d07"
+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 944 (2024) — Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_932_sb0944e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0944e.pdf)
+3. **First - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0944f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0944t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–2** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **123–16** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** First Reading Finance and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-06** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
+- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
+- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
+- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 932 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87c83543-8b71-440a-a85e-44b2d5cbaafb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+