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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)"
+description: "Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 637"
+citation: "Maryland HB 637 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Bagnall", "Behler", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Coley", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harrison", "Hill", "Holmes", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Lewis", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Moreno", "Odom", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "Simmons", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Turner", "Vogel", "Watson", "White Holland", "Wims", "Woods", "Woorman", "Wu", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b7a737-072c-4030-a45e-db3548133d18"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0637?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "1acc1a92a5f7e3b4ac442dae691a5b69c25322831af0c82d36f76dfd0e9a683d"
+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 637 (2026) — Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_7_hb0637t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0637f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0637t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **98–32** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Arikan /863029/1 — **37–94** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **31–13** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Miller /203925/1 — **37–92** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Administration — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Bhandari — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Moreno — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Qi — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speaker — primary (person)
+- Spiegel — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-26** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-26** Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Arikan) Adopted
+- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 7 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2b7a737-072c-4030-a45e-db3548133d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+