SB 589 Maryland Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard

SB 589 requires Maryland's Office of Overdose Response, working with the Department of Health, to create and maintain a public interactive dashboard tracking how opioid settlement funds are spent. The dashboard must display, broken down by state, county, and municipality: payment schedules from opioid settlements, past spending, spending plans, funded initiatives with performance measures, and public hearing details. Local governments receiving settlement funds must submit required financial data via an online portal to the Department for inclusion on the dashboard. The dashboard will be developed and maintained using existing funds from the Opioid Restitution Fund, not new appropriations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed May 20, 2025

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MINOR

The bill was amended to add a new requirement that the interactive dashboard must include links to state, county, or municipal websites where additional information on opioid settlement fund usage is available. The amendments also reorganized the reporting requirements for counties and municipalities, clarifying that certain reporting obligations do not apply if they already comply with existing settlement agreements and data sharing requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to require the dashboard to link to external websites containing additional information on opioid settlement fund usage, and the applicability of reporting requirements was modified to exempt entities already complying with settlement terms.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that the dashboard must include links to state, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional information on the use of opioid-related settlement funds.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the applicability of reporting requirements for counties and municipalities, adding exemptions for those that already comply with reporting requirements established in opioid-related settlements and share data with the appropriate state entity.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized and renumbered subsections of the reporting requirements to clarify the relationship between different obligations and to add a new provision for the Department to upload settlement information submitted by counties and municipalities.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 14, 2025

How they voted

45–1

Passed

Total votes 46

Feb 23, 2025

D Democratic33

32 Yea 1 Nay

96% Yea

R Republican13

13 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 20, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 691

executive

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned Passed

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 14, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (130-0-9)

house of delegates

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance

upper

Feb 23, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (45-1)

senate

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

First Reading Finance

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors