---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibition on Vending Machine Sales of Drugs and Medicines - Repeal"
description: "Prohibition on Vending Machine Sales of Drugs and Medicines - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "Maryland SB 499 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/796cdfba-5c0d-449e-98ed-3fdfa8eb4219"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0499?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "aeb409fba86c59f4de7716a78c39aa41b455c3e5f429d02c14d08045f5713969"
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 499 (2021) — Prohibition on Vending Machine Sales of Drugs and Medicines - Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prohibition on Vending Machine Sales of Drugs and Medicines - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_497_sb0499t.pdf)
2. **First - Prohibition on Vending Machine Sales of Drugs and Medicines - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0499f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prohibition on Vending Machine Sales of Drugs and Medicines - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0499t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **38–8** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hough /503223/1 — **15–32** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **97–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Motion Special Order until 3/2 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-03-03** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Motion Special Order until 3/4 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-03-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 497 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/796cdfba-5c0d-449e-98ed-3fdfa8eb4219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).