---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders"
description: "Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Maryland SB 773 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7cf83d4-ddff-4d09-b29c-96272c05323a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0773?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "de6963ebe4ae3e0764c5a72c037df067dda016a5ca136eb9e85f3396bb674b49"
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 773 (2026) — Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_269_sb0773t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0773f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0773t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse Receded) — **102–30** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **111–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-06** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-06** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-06** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Arikan) Adopted
- **2026-04-06** Motion Recede (Delegate Bagnall) Adopted
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Recede
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 269 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7cf83d4-ddff-4d09-b29c-96272c05323a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).