---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Dangerous Substances Registration – Authorized Providers – Continuing Education"
description: "Controlled Dangerous Substances Registration – Authorized Providers – Continuing Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1223"
citation: "Maryland SB 1223 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Health Occupations", "Public Health", "Cannabis", "Committees and Commissions", "Continuing Education", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Drugs", "Evidence", "Forms", "Health", "Health", "Department of", "Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9451c618-3cdd-415c-9762-177ead5b884e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1223&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "87b544c5af783b28547d07d96375c33d242197727c22b3e13428443a9fb456b7"
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 1223 (2018) — Controlled Dangerous Substances Registration – Authorized Providers – Continuing Education

## 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/sb1223f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-03-12** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {437570/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-23** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 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 (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 214 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9451c618-3cdd-415c-9762-177ead5b884e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).