---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Nursing – Criminal History Records Checks – Revised Statement"
description: "State Board of Nursing – Criminal History Records Checks – Revised Statement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Maryland HB 228 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Administrative Agencies", "Archives", "Certifications", "Criminal Background Investigations", "Drugs", "Federal Government", "Fingerprinting", "Health Occupations", "Medication Technicians", "Nurses", "Nursing Assistants", "Public Safety and Correctional Services", "Department of", "Records", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac9fb5a-078b-4865-92f3-3d66dc7007e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB228&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "760ff7a0fe9cbb0666b7fe321cb266089bc2195943f13eae41f39c2c94cc16e6"
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 HB 228 (2019) — State Board of Nursing – Criminal History Records Checks – Revised Statement

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0228f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {176286/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bac9fb5a-078b-4865-92f3-3d66dc7007e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).