---
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: "SB 134"
citation: "Maryland SB 134 (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: ["Nathan-Pulliam"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00077faa-9860-44e9-a8cf-4a38861fa33d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB134&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "e6df72cf1aa300c3d48c29f0da9bc4c25f9c3def52650d090064e0481208834e"
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 134 (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/sb/sb0134f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)
- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {814733/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-16** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00077faa-9860-44e9-a8cf-4a38861fa33d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).