---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership"
description: "State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 960"
citation: "Maryland SB 960 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a8d27f-f134-4c67-8c5b-72272f36cf1d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0960?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fd4a4a90f4d6eeca4cef5b1b3b624674e6374919703ce2f8cf2a68f01d099b0f"
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 960 (2023) — State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_223_sb0960t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0960f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0960t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Rereferred to Finance
- **2023-03-09** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7a8d27f-f134-4c67-8c5b-72272f36cf1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).