---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Pharmacy - Registered Pharmacy Technicians - Exemption for Pharmacy Students"
description: "State Board of Pharmacy - Registered Pharmacy Technicians - Exemption for Pharmacy Students"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 815"
citation: "Maryland SB 815 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Exemptions", "Higher Education", "Pharmacists and Pharmacies", "Rules and Regulations", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe and Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03c7c20-1e29-4a83-986a-952a86b2ec21"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB815&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "29de065c53545a4d4c5ac90b8c388d98c556b5e9cccb50fc7e3bb8ae0a1fa797"
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 815 (2017) — State Board of Pharmacy - Registered Pharmacy Technicians - Exemption for Pharmacy Students

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0815f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rosapepe and Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {574134/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d03c7c20-1e29-4a83-986a-952a86b2ec21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).