republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-637.md

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Bill	Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)	Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 637	Maryland HB 637 (2026)	bill		enacted	Acevero Administration Allen Amprey Bagnall Behler Bhandari Boafo Boyce Coley Cullison D. Jones Ebersole Edelson Fennell Foley Forbes Guyton Guzzone Harrison Hill Holmes Ivey Kaufman Lewis Lopez Martinez Mireku-North Moon Moreno Odom Palakovich Carr Pasteur Patterson Phillips Pruski Qi Roberts Rogers Rosenberg Ross Ruff Simmons Solomon Speaker Spiegel Stewart Taveras Turner Vogel Watson White Holland Wims Woods Woorman Wu Ziegler	3	20	4	2026-01-30	2026-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b2b7a737-072c-4030-a45e-db3548133d18	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0637?ys=2026RS	1acc1a92a5f7e3b4ac442dae691a5b69c25322831af0c82d36f76dfd0e9a683d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 637 (2026) — Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 98–32 (pass) · lower
• FLA Del. Arikan /863029/1 — 37–94 (fail) · lower
• On Third Reading — 31–13 (pass) · upper
• FLA Del. Miller /203925/1 — 37–92 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Acevero — primary (person)
• Administration — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Amprey — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Edelson — primary (person)
• Fennell — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Harrison — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Qi — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• Ross — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Speaker — primary (person)
• Spiegel — primary (person)
• Stewart — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Vogel — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)
• Woorman — primary (person)
• Wu — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-30 First Reading Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-05 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-05 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-26 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-26 Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Arikan) Adopted
• 2026-03-20 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-03-20 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-21 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-04-06 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 7 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2b7a737-072c-4030-a45e-db3548133d18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).