---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 718"
citation: "Maryland SB 718 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam", "McKay"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25ac7ffb-1352-4522-ab8b-e190b05c5d7c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0718?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "72cfd88aae4ef7a797099d52d33bec64156392e4e7aa9896c20bcaa84a3cba36"
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 718 (2024) — Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_866_sb0718e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0718e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0718f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0718t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 866 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25ac7ffb-1352-4522-ab8b-e190b05c5d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).