---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product"
description: "Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Maryland HB 429 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shetty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7a8d71f-a285-4f1b-bdf2-1d1bc311fb5a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0429?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2212f340869b974b0d95a886c9a907b48304eaa3c415bf5f988078c3e40d79be"
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 429 (2021) — Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_162_hb0429t.pdf)
2. **First - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0429f.pdf)
3. **Third - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0429t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 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`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7a8d71f-a285-4f1b-bdf2-1d1bc311fb5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).