---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022"
description: "Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Maryland SB 394 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Bailey", "Benson", "Carozza", "Cassilly", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hough", "Jennings", "Klausmeier", "President", "Ready", "Salling", "Simonaire", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f94da5-23f4-4491-84e4-7c14ff18547f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0394?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8200afb4145f4b1195519865fde29932ad4dca64f6719217eb67f2828d3c8ea3"
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 394 (2022) — Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_239_sb0394t.pdf)
2. **First - Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0394f.pdf)
3. **Third - Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0394t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Motion Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f94da5-23f4-4491-84e4-7c14ff18547f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).