---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing"
description: "Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Maryland SB 72 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-01"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc97f910-666a-47fc-ae2c-99a8ba4cde68"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0072?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fcd7fb8e8326c77e7ee82692218087265d526e4beba0adbc1fd15ced0c91013a"
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 72 (2025) — Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_732_sb0072t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0072f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0072t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **106–29** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 732 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc97f910-666a-47fc-ae2c-99a8ba4cde68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).