---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Heroin and Opioid Addiction and Prevention Policies - Exceptions and Revisions"
description: "Higher Education - Heroin and Opioid Addiction and Prevention Policies - Exceptions and Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Maryland SB 139 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Public Health", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Drugs", "Education", "Exemptions", "Higher Education", "Job Training", "Law Enforcement", "State Universities and Colleges", "Storage", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway and Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8692831-e060-4775-85dc-f3add7cbb580"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB139&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f8604d50cc152841365ee15af8da750f85d822d061a39883005f55ee62cefb84"
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 139 (2018) — Higher Education - Heroin and Opioid Addiction and Prevention Policies - Exceptions and Revisions

## 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/sb0139f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway and Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable with Amendments {884535/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/20 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8692831-e060-4775-85dc-f3add7cbb580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).