---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers"
description: "Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Maryland SB 187 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5dcd8f7-63e4-4c25-932f-c14082a0a98c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0187?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4feeb369b2850f9bc686ce22e3bbab03a8eb3737b6b7389622f98da299d64b9c"
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 187 (2023) — Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_375_sb0187t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Immigrants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0187f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0187t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 375 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5dcd8f7-63e4-4c25-932f-c14082a0a98c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).