---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension"
description: "Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "Maryland SB 219 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-08"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/742620c5-f4db-438b-a4df-56edf6bff217"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0219?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3ef1091a58fd512130cd25ff05e888a293ba2411d647b5707399c64eba927619"
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 219 (2024) — Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_48_sb0219t.pdf)
2. **First - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0219f.pdf)
3. **Third - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0219t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 48 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/742620c5-f4db-438b-a4df-56edf6bff217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).