---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pilot Program - Alleged Rape, Sexual Offense, or Child Sexual Abuse - HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis"
description: "Pilot Program - Alleged Rape, Sexual Offense, or Child Sexual Abuse - HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 657"
citation: "Maryland SB 657 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "AIDS", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Criminal Injuries Compensation", "Diseases", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Hospitals", "Liability", "Notices", "Privacy", "Reports", "Sexual Offenses", "Sunset", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King and Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9df9ad8-b66d-46bc-ba5b-e79b7071b8e5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB657&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "4ba9bd43c050ef9c890e3f028353b0fe58f9b629458aff7101d971967fcd51a1"
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 SB 657 (2019) — Pilot Program - Alleged Rape, Sexual Offense, or Child Sexual Abuse - HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0657f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King and Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2019-02-12** Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2019-02-12** Hearing 2/22 at 9:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {598977/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
- **2019-03-16** Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
- **2019-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9df9ad8-b66d-46bc-ba5b-e79b7071b8e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).