---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines"
description: "Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Maryland SB 18 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-10-30"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec531312-bf50-43ff-9271-788f6695fd3e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0018?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fd81a0c7707222e8869f13032a4d24b18cae088c2f0ea73830251048f4bfe948"
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 18 (2024) — Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_232_sb0018t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0018f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0018t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **102–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment McKay /773925/1 — **10–30** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /613222/1 — **12–28** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec531312-bf50-43ff-9271-788f6695fd3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).