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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 02, 2026
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Became LawApr 14, 2026
Maryland Senate Bill
State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements - Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 14, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 54
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 562
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Addison
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Alston
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Embry
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Korman
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Rose
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Martinez
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- McCaskill
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McComas
- Ruff
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Metzgar
- Ruth
- Wims
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Moon
- Shetty
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Young
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Coley
- Hutchinson
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 14, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 54
- Apr 03, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Health
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Health
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {883029/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kennedy, Anita (National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Melvin, Robert (R Street Institute)
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- (MD), State of Maryland
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rabbitt, Dan (Behavioral Health System Baltimore)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- State of, Maryland
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Wise, Steve
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Horton, Aliyah (Maryland Pharmacists Association)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Keller, Emily (Maryland's Office of Overdose Response)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Elliott, Robyn
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Partners, Public Policy
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gile, Dawn (MD Senate)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Rabbitt, Dan (Behavioral Health System Baltimore)
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- (MD), State of Maryland
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Melvin, Robert (R Street Institute)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Gile, Dawn (MD Senate)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- da Silva-Gonzalez, Joana (The Knee Regulatory Research Center)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Keller, Emily (Maryland's Office of Overdose Response)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Lang, Beverly (Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland, Inc)

