---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements"
description: "Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Maryland SB 13 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c556db-b8c2-4642-8cfa-3296cbe2dba5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0013?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3441a5949be7cca5ec8f8b9043e14ae885c6a01109c4d9cd6912af33298501e3"
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 13 (2021) — Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_161_sb0013t.pdf)
2. **First - Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0013f.pdf)
3. **Third - Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0013t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0c556db-b8c2-4642-8cfa-3296cbe2dba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).