---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds and Grant Program"
description: "Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds and Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 419"
citation: "Maryland SB 419 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddcee036-326f-4b07-9d5e-e461cc11aaa8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0419?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "753e0bf884b6b447ce3d057284fbc8529b505ba41b60f36272032e1957599ffa"
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 419 (2022) — Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds and Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds and Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_85_sb0419t.pdf)
2. **First - Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0419f.pdf)
3. **Third - Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0419t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Motion Special Order until 3/3 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/22 at 1:40 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 85 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddcee036-326f-4b07-9d5e-e461cc11aaa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).