republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/hb-429.md

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Bill	Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product	Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	HB 429	Maryland HB 429 (2021)	bill		enacted	Shetty	3	13	2	2021-01-15	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/b7a8d71f-a285-4f1b-bdf2-1d1bc311fb5a	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0429?ys=2021RS&search=True	2212f340869b974b0d95a886c9a907b48304eaa3c415bf5f988078c3e40d79be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 429 (2021) — Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 128–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shetty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 p.m.
• 2021-02-24 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2021-02-26 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-02 Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-04-10 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-10 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-10 Second Reading Passed
• 2021-04-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-12 Returned Passed
• 2021-05-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7a8d71f-a285-4f1b-bdf2-1d1bc311fb5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).