---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians – Dispensing Permit Exemption – Topical Medication"
description: "Physicians – Dispensing Permit Exemption – Topical Medication"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Maryland HB 1288 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Communications", "Continuing Education", "Data", "Discipline", "Diseases", "Drugs", "Federal Government", "Fees", "Health Occupations", "Job Training", "Licenses", "Medical Treatments", "Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a56ed8-6bfc-465b-9220-810bb26012d9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1288&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "b4e20ffcbb9d05f043da900bfa2f3b7390e069d8b687b65f21a1a840dd0ababa"
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 HB 1288 (2019) — Physicians – Dispensing Permit Exemption – Topical Medication

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1288f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {256486/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {884832/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a56ed8-6bfc-465b-9220-810bb26012d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).