---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists - Administration of Injectable Medications for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections"
description: "Pharmacists - Administration of Injectable Medications for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Maryland HB 229 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belcastro", "Forbes", "Healey", "K. Young", "McComas", "Reznik", "Ruth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60894ab8-51a5-4be0-90f4-9d75f2732d06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0229?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "53e96139d019f8685e8522730b4ba5a5cbe61df5b68395f20f2f401e88b9ff59"
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 229 (2022) — Pharmacists - Administration of Injectable Medications for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pharmacists - Administration of Injectable Medications for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_719_hb0229t.pdf)
2. **First - Pharmacists - Administration of Maintenance Injectable Medications - Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0229f.pdf)
3. **Third - Pharmacists - Administration of Injectable Medications for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0229t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 719 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60894ab8-51a5-4be0-90f4-9d75f2732d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).