---
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).