---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties"
description: "State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "Maryland SB 720 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f20be4-9d63-486d-916f-1eb465426d49"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0720?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "021a8a3cb94a63ad37881c06fadf87803fc5f1e21cd53325eb42d3bd782cef80"
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 720 (2022) — State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_690_sb0720e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0720e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators – Renaming and Licensure of Assisted Living Managers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0720f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0720t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Reassigned to Finance
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2022-04-01** Hearing 4/05 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** 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
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 690 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f20be4-9d63-486d-916f-1eb465426d49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).