---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification Requirements"
description: "Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 996"
citation: "Maryland SB 996 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9395e0aa-1ee0-4d63-bef0-4936a41fdd97"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0996?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "78bdb6f0aec3b649becd10cee3e5a0667618e5b672c83532d47f9a47d4755dc9"
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 996 (2024) — Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_870_sb0996t.pdf)
2. **First - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0996f.pdf)
3. **Third - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0996t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 870 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9395e0aa-1ee0-4d63-bef0-4936a41fdd97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).