---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)"
description: "Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Maryland SB 293 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f7a676-04f3-48c9-ae94-aeaca66ee220"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0293?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "09bfa0ede68ac8e2934381e3b04ebc9d588a33f0f973b5e4787622b767613a66"
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 293 (2026) — Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_32_sb0293t.pdf)
2. **First - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Nurse Midwives - Disclosure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0293f.pdf)
3. **Third - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0293t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 32 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29f7a676-04f3-48c9-ae94-aeaca66ee220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).