---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions"
description: "Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Maryland SB 477 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carozza", "Hershey", "Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a27742-e34d-4282-bf44-b6a923d9121f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0477?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8016979ef9c50a223438460b6526511825acd8437e1ed0984ae41d51662063d8"
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 477 (2020) — Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_479_sb0477t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0477f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0477t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-17** Hearing 2/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 479 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6a27742-e34d-4282-bf44-b6a923d9121f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).