---
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: "SB 1208"
citation: "Maryland SB 1208 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Public Health", "Drugs", "Elderly Persons", "Health", "Health Insurance", "Medical Assistance", "Prices", "Sunset", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
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/c0e059b6-e36a-4832-8f88-e809f16b83f0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1208&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "bb79e7357124457b5362dc8ad6ae76b95eefaa786a422f2d982273811c783e5f"
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 1208 (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/sb/sb1208f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable with Amendments {607179/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2018-04-02** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0e059b6-e36a-4832-8f88-e809f16b83f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).