---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings"
description: "State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 744"
citation: "Maryland SB 744 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b80f869-750e-437e-9876-b3f7c6f34058"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0744?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "791ce7466e519ac65092aa6a3fa9f3afaa0ee9120bbb63a68085b6d19c97d476"
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 744 (2021) — State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_465_sb0744t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0744f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0744t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 465 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b80f869-750e-437e-9876-b3f7c6f34058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).