---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions"
description: "Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "Maryland SB 385 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Continuing Education", "Education", "Examinations", "Health Occupations", "Language", "Licenses", "Notices", "Nurses", "Records", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan-Pulliam"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5feac715-2772-4b6e-997e-435d0eee0c4f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB385&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "8e0942d3e084f364044262e0ec88941c141ff8a57238262a49c79926352b7703"
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 385 (2017) — Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0385f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {224232/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-27** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {876485/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {876485/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5feac715-2772-4b6e-997e-435d0eee0c4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).