2026 Regular Session
SB385
Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)
Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; requiring the Secretary, before adopting a recommendation for a certain preventive service to hold a notice and comments period, obtain a certain analysis from the Maryland Health Care Commission, and cite the basis for the recommendation; altering the authority of pharmacists to administer certain vaccinations; etc.
Legislative progress
i
This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–12 nay · 3 absent
April 7, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
105 yea–32 nay · 1 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
Instrument history
i
This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
-
Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8
-
Senate Returned Passed
-
House Third Reading Passed (105-32) View roll call
-
House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
-
House Favorable Report by Health
-
House Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
-
House Referred Health
-
Senate Third Reading Passed (32-12) View roll call
-
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
-
Senate Favorable with Amendments {583921/1 Adopted
-
Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
-
Senate Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
-
Senate First Reading Finance