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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)"
+description: "Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 39"
+citation: "Maryland HB 39 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett", "Bouchat", "Cardin", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Stewart", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-06-25"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a64946-9610-4ace-81bf-46491ecab047"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0039?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "c1b349b93148136636fefc411c4dd5b6b3fba2f707edfc7e266bb04a338a0bc6"
+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 39 (2025) — Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_651_hb0039t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0039f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0039t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **100–36** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Bouchat — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Clippinger — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Embry — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed
+- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
+- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a64946-9610-4ace-81bf-46491ecab047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+