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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Fentanyl"
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description: "Criminal Law - Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Fentanyl"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 539"
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citation: "Maryland SB 539 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Crimes and Punishments", "Death", "Drugs", "Emergency Bills", "Good Samaritan", "Penalties and Sentences"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["The President (By Request - Administration) and Bates"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-01"
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last_action: "2017-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d60fdea4-ea55-423d-948b-dcac4be54066"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB539&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "295ccc61ebe4c42448478d089417d1484a361106b936bff75cacf29588471b68"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 539 (2017) — Criminal Law - Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Fentanyl
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0539f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **132–8** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- The President (By Request - Administration) and Bates — primary (person)
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- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Ready — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
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- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-01** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
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- **2017-02-16** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {498670/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (46-1) `passage`
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- **2017-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (132-8) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
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- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d60fdea4-ea55-423d-948b-dcac4be54066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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