---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Sunset Extension and Repeal of Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap"
description: "Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Sunset Extension and Repeal of Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1766"
citation: "Maryland HB 1766 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Public Health", "Drugs", "Elderly Persons", "Health", "Health Insurance", "Medical Assistance", "Prices", "Sunset", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bromwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e490ee0-35a4-4d52-9c41-1aef01398643"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1766&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a6832d62466194db6c3d93d31e0319c0a6c905dcd1f1deaaa30868e8c0280aea"
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 1766 (2018) — Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Sunset Extension and Repeal of Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1766f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bromwell — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {616184/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e490ee0-35a4-4d52-9c41-1aef01398643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).