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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties"
+description: "Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 260"
+citation: "Maryland HB 260 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "Kaufman", "Simmons", "Stinnett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-10-31"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f4e2a4a-b9a0-4594-aefe-06b441528073"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0260?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "d2ef730c06548125646801ca492e5019f7e9792e6059ffa713ca0fe6ecd0704d"
+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 260 (2025) — Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_180_hb0260t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0260f.pdf)
+3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2025RS-HB0260-REIN.pdf)
+4. **Third - Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0260t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **105–34** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
+- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
+- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f4e2a4a-b9a0-4594-aefe-06b441528073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+