republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-522.md

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Bill	Health Care Providers - Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions - Discussion of Benefits and Risks	Health Care Providers - Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions - Discussion of Benefits and Risks	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 522	Maryland SB 522 (2018)	bill	Health Occupations Public Health Controlled Dangerous Substances Discipline Drugs Health Health Occupations Minors Notices Parents and Guardians Patients Penalties and Sentences Records Review Boards	enacted	Klausmeier	1	16	3	2018-01-29	2018-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/df4fdf0f-fb17-4e06-a007-c6576e18038c	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB522&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	7fc573efe581970158c0645fa8a488718fad0c4c9a1295a49b30d2dc450bc700	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 522 (2018) — Health Care Providers - Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions - Discussion of Benefits and Risks

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 130–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Klausmeier — primary (person)
• Bates — cosponsor (person)
• DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
• Kagan — cosponsor (person)
• Middleton — cosponsor (person)
• Muse — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Salling — cosponsor (person)
• Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)
• Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-29 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {434233/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2018-03-20 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Favorable with Amendments {426989/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (130-4) passage
• 2018-04-09 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df4fdf0f-fb17-4e06-a007-c6576e18038c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).