---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - General Hospice Care Programs - Collection and Disposal of Unused Prescription Medication"
description: "Public Health - General Hospice Care Programs - Collection and Disposal of Unused Prescription Medication"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "Maryland HB 407 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Administrative Agencies", "Assisted Living", "Death", "Drugs", "Health Occupations", "Hospices", "Liability", "Nursing Homes", "Patients", "Records", "Refuse Disposal", "Safety", "Witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb3cf1c-5e8c-43ee-a435-1557ab48ae46"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB407&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8c72495a902b464ba4f6cc2bea7b00a01fb497eaf66a2ad8d6d45a4c61a09406"
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 407 (2018) — Public Health - General Hospice Care Programs - Collection and Disposal of Unused Prescription Medication

## 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/hb0407f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — 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)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — 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.

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Favorable with Amendments {876589/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-02** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb3cf1c-5e8c-43ee-a435-1557ab48ae46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).