---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program"
description: "Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 594"
citation: "Maryland SB 594 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94fe2dfe-8873-455e-aae4-fe3e92cf11de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0594?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "30beda67741a08b9bb86e16c180e5b9c9bc4679c2fc69b6a2c25262e4cf9ea2b"
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 594 (2025) — Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_699_sb0594e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0594e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0594f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0594t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2025-02-26** Committee Amendment {
- **2025-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/19 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94fe2dfe-8873-455e-aae4-fe3e92cf11de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).