republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-1288.md

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Bill	Physicians – Dispensing Permit Exemption – Topical Medication	Physicians – Dispensing Permit Exemption – Topical Medication	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 1288	Maryland HB 1288 (2019)	bill	Health Occupations Committees and Commissions Communications Continuing Education Data Discipline Diseases Drugs Federal Government Fees Health Occupations Job Training Licenses Medical Treatments Physicians	enacted	Barron	1	16	3	2019-02-11	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/97a56ed8-6bfc-465b-9220-810bb26012d9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1288&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	b4e20ffcbb9d05f043da900bfa2f3b7390e069d8b687b65f21a1a840dd0ababa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1288 (2019) — Physicians – Dispensing Permit Exemption – Topical Medication

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 — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 138–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barron — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-11 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
• 2019-03-12 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {256486/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2019-03-18 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Favorable with Amendments {884832/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-03 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-0) passage
• 2019-04-06 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2019-04-06 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2019-04-06 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97a56ed8-6bfc-465b-9220-810bb26012d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).