---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority"
description: "Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Maryland HB 55 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe23a3d2-5519-4b30-8ca8-6f6db3a7e55a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0055?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "075ef6b32980a637cea28a7f23a330b06ad0b8fb9b9669b272ae354729b26382"
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 55 (2022) — Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_686_hb0055t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority and Collaboration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0055f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0055t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **29–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-25** Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 686 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe23a3d2-5519-4b30-8ca8-6f6db3a7e55a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).