---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices"
description: "Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "Maryland HB 1171 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Embry", "Fair", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Love", "Martinez", "Palakovich Carr", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Roberts", "Rosenberg", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simpson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Turner", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2587a1da-b144-47d1-88a4-be40489310bb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1171?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9bb98a73ef7d5b30d3fe26035f8c600e66a8f7fbdcb37cd02915f850e19ff03d"
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 HB 1171 (2024) — Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_933_hb1171e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1171e.pdf)
3. **First - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1171f.pdf)
4. **Third - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1171t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **121–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **112–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 933 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2587a1da-b144-47d1-88a4-be40489310bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).