---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Children's Vaccines - Study and Temporary Authority"
description: "Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Children's Vaccines - Study and Temporary Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1040"
citation: "Maryland HB 1040 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d57270-01e4-4a70-91b9-68e96c804db8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1040?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "36a7bf6a0a95182adca4ad5bdc7b8c4c3f7cca68b3c621982e3cfc7db7475bbd"
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 HB 1040 (2021) — Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Children's Vaccines - Study and Temporary Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Children's Vaccines - Study and Temporary Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_792_hb1040t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1040f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Children's Vaccines - Study and Temporary Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1040t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **119–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 792 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d57270-01e4-4a70-91b9-68e96c804db8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).