2022 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB319: General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Overdose Awareness
Legislative Summary
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day as part of a global event that aims to raise awareness of drug overdoses, reduce the stigma of drug-related death, and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends of those who have died or been injured as a result of a drug overdose.
Bill History
1/19/2022
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
1/25/2022
Hearing 3/15 at 2:30 p.m.
House of Delegates
2/16/2022
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
2/16/2022
Hearing 3/15 at 1:30 p.m.
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/19/2022)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health and Government Operations(House of Delegates)
Sine Die
