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type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence - Approval of Breath and Blood Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances"
description: "Evidence - Approval of Breath and Blood Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Maryland SB 216 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-05"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21402283-caa0-4a80-80ae-990f904a4458"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0216?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9724a0cdb755d88ade9a553a979989558c744ac29d62b3839122305ecfff4713"
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 216 (2022) — Evidence - Approval of Breath and Blood Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Evidence - Approval of Breath and Blood Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_sb0216t.pdf)
2. **First - Evidence - Approval of Breath and Blood Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0216f.pdf)
3. **Third - Evidence - Approval of Breath and Blood Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0216t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1300** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/13 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21402283-caa0-4a80-80ae-990f904a4458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).