---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)"
description: "State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Maryland SB 298 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reilly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-25"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/563be66f-64e4-4b9a-b831-e2d830cbfa5b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0298?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9fcb0a469353eeeb33d7bb287ff399882982bfb3c9e932320fefa59366afc6ad"
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 298 (2021) — State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_802_sb0298e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0298e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0298f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Pharmacy – Pharmacy Closure – Notice to Customers (The Dennis Robin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0298t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 802 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/563be66f-64e4-4b9a-b831-e2d830cbfa5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).