---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists – Administration of Self–Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications (Christopher King Access to Treatment Act)"
description: "Pharmacists – Administration of Self–Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications (Christopher King Access to Treatment Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Maryland HB 135 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-14"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13fa5be1-6883-4082-8735-c2563b5dd8b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0135?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "64adc42905e4eb882fa94c81b2e95d6f8025c0956f5f32afcea941b9945ecb50"
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 135 (2021) — Pharmacists – Administration of Self–Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications (Christopher King Access to Treatment Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pharmacists – Administration of Self–Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications (Christopher King Access to Treatment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_757_hb0135t.pdf)
2. **First - Pharmacists - Administration of Self-Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0135f.pdf)
3. **Third - Pharmacists - Administration of Self-Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0135t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **121–6** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/1 (Senator Lam) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-01** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-06** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-06** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Kelly, Cullison and Kipke)
- **2021-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Kelly, Cullison and Kipke)
- **2021-04-07** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2021-04-07** Motion Reconsider Amendments (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2021-04-07** Motion Withdraw Amendments (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Recede
- **2021-04-07** Senate Recede
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 757 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13fa5be1-6883-4082-8735-c2563b5dd8b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).