---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Out-of-State Pharmacists and Discipline for Noncompliance"
description: "Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Out-of-State Pharmacists and Discipline for Noncompliance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "Maryland HB 663 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1deb6e57-fff5-4111-8363-9ec1a85c5029"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0663?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "71ae4a20c939182cb8909df19b6b3fa549e32c1b63a73fd5b3c85242987a0177"
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 663 (2020) — Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Out-of-State Pharmacists and Discipline for Noncompliance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Out-of-State Pharmacists and Discipline for Noncompliance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_290_hb0663t.pdf)
2. **First - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Out-of-State Pharmacists and Discipline for Noncompliance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0663f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Out-of-State Pharmacists and Discipline for Noncompliance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0663t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Rereferred to Finance
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 290 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1deb6e57-fff5-4111-8363-9ec1a85c5029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).