---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding"
description: "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 696"
citation: "Maryland SB 696 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Feldman", "Hershey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df40f66-76ca-45b3-92b2-1cbb79bbb9a9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0696?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "54e465d72bf8a15e76529035e4db8f896c7996fa1e2d4522bb86055e30a23bc8"
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 696 (2022) — Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_314_sb0696e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0696e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Workers – Program Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0696f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Workers – Program Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0696t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4df40f66-76ca-45b3-92b2-1cbb79bbb9a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).