---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "Maryland SB 408 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08b836d2-3fa5-4b65-b817-f0610097551a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0408?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b78c17cd3b790d15526df6c1b324acca8d0395dfbe5c2ac714ae9c32451eb747"
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 408 (2024) — Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_849_sb0408t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs - Standing Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0408f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0408t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 849 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08b836d2-3fa5-4b65-b817-f0610097551a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).