---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Dangerous Substances - Distributors - Reporting Suspicious Orders"
description: "Controlled Dangerous Substances - Distributors - Reporting Suspicious Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "Maryland SB 982 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Public Safety", "Public Health", "Attorney General", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Dealers", "Disclosure", "Health", "Department of", "Privacy", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The President (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) and Brochin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe387cfe-c20c-49d2-b923-6527ff9b584b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB982&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "5013b6ae8b1f2ab7f024e5413d653b9c2fa39609ec340641cc35f91e6b1f3cdb"
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 982 (2018) — Controlled Dangerous Substances - Distributors - Reporting Suspicious Orders

## 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/sb0982f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- The President (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) and Brochin — primary (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Smith and Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {118477/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe387cfe-c20c-49d2-b923-6527ff9b584b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).