---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)"
description: "Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "Maryland SB 385 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Beidle", "Harris", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "King", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "President", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f1ffb9-634b-4726-be3f-a54622ad4f01"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0385?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5a002b5d964c995d40b1b6cffc2200f00926b3258667b16a871e09de022a4bd1"
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 385 (2026) — Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_8_sb0385t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0385f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0385t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6f1ffb9-634b-4726-be3f-a54622ad4f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).