---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication"
description: "Pharmacists - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Maryland HB 28 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bhandari", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ba3ab7-8b34-41db-9d03-e68f863c153f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0028?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0006537f65f7b2712da64bd34586ea2e74938741217e5ba90d8eccf4f4683794"
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 28 (2022) — Pharmacists - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pharmacists - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_hb0028e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Pharmacists - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0028e.pdf)
3. **First - Pharmacists - Aids for the Cessation of Tobacco Product Use** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0028f.pdf)
4. **Third - Pharmacists - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0028t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bhandari — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Hearing 1/20 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 1/20 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 1/20 at 4:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14ba3ab7-8b34-41db-9d03-e68f863c153f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).