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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)"
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description: "Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 637"
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citation: "Maryland HB 637 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-01-30"
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last_action: "2026-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b7a737-072c-4030-a45e-db3548133d18"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0637?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "1acc1a92a5f7e3b4ac442dae691a5b69c25322831af0c82d36f76dfd0e9a683d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 637 (2026) — Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_7_hb0637t.pdf)
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2. **First - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0637f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0637t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **98–32** (pass) · lower
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- FLA Del. Arikan /863029/1 — **37–94** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **31–13** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Miller /203925/1 — **37–92** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Acevero — primary (person)
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- Administration — primary (person)
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Amprey — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Boafo — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Coley — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Ebersole — primary (person)
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- Edelson — primary (person)
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- Fennell — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Forbes — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Harrison — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Holmes — primary (person)
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- Ivey — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Lewis — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Mireku-North — primary (person)
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- Moon — primary (person)
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- Moreno — primary (person)
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- Odom — primary (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Pruski — primary (person)
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- Qi — primary (person)
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- Roberts — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Ross — primary (person)
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- Ruff — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Speaker — primary (person)
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- Spiegel — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- Turner — primary (person)
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- Vogel — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Wims — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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- Wu — primary (person)
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- Ziegler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-30** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-26** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-02-26** Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Arikan) Adopted
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- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
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- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
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- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
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- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 7 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2b7a737-072c-4030-a45e-db3548133d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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