---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)"
description: "State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 602"
citation: "Maryland HB 602 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Hutchinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42d3e11-a2eb-41a8-840a-93cb0c6c401e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0602?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "78a50f526b67ae4146a3508d2058f043c9ad8b6c7ac601071b53540fb32637f2"
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 602 (2025) — State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_673_hb0602t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0602f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0602t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42d3e11-a2eb-41a8-840a-93cb0c6c401e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).