---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks"
description: "Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "Maryland SB 476 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf5213d-a7a8-4364-b6c0-3c0eeddf97dd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0476?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4783698af55b11f27bbd953400c377282ede13e8a6149bbe3de927b207dbc800"
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 476 (2021) — Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_754_sb0476t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0476f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0476t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 754 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cf5213d-a7a8-4364-b6c0-3c0eeddf97dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).