---
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: "SB 736"
citation: "Maryland SB 736 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1526394-c5b6-47fd-b42c-860f9c853dbe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0736?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce96a7ac619c4214ea783cb407c9cb1dda3858bf33b3844dac0e35da961fdfbe"
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 736 (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_793_sb0736t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0736f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Children's Vaccines - Study and Temporary Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0736t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–15** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Hornberger /293028/1 — **41–90** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-10** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2021-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 793 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1526394-c5b6-47fd-b42c-860f9c853dbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).