---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Dangerous Substances - Registration, Schedules, Penalties, and Orders of Impoundment"
description: "Controlled Dangerous Substances - Registration, Schedules, Penalties, and Orders of Impoundment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Maryland SB 87 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Civil Actions", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Fees", "Health", "Department of", "Licenses", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Registration", "Rules and Regulations", "Search and Seizure", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-09-18"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cd62be5-9a6a-45e2-aaa8-5df15e3658cf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB87&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b8653c8a707c98da21820ead0119e008ad3dd3bd0bb6397e30244d2df000ec98"
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 87 (2018) — Controlled Dangerous Substances - Registration, Schedules, Penalties, and Orders of Impoundment

## 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/sb0087f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Favorable with Amendments {107770/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-01-24** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-25** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **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 {116882/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cd62be5-9a6a-45e2-aaa8-5df15e3658cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).