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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Health - Repeal of AIDS Education Program for Persons Convicted of Drug- or Sex-Related Crimes"
+description: "Public Health - Repeal of AIDS Education Program for Persons Convicted of Drug- or Sex-Related Crimes"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 445"
+citation: "Maryland HB 445 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Health", "Public Safety", "AIDS", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Education", "Health", "Prisoners", "Sexual Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["West"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-26"
+last_action: "2017-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ff834f-fb55-46e5-9122-969b1222ca2f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB445&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "7036a32569ea520fe644bc928b646c1211dcee7d8dd82cbb71da9be819d836b1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 445 (2017) — Public Health - Repeal of AIDS Education Program for Persons Convicted of Drug- or Sex-Related Crimes
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0445f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- West — primary (person)
+- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
+- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
+- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
+- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-26** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-02-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12ff834f-fb55-46e5-9122-969b1222ca2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+