---
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: "SB 356"
citation: "Maryland SB 356 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8fec0f1-5b95-46d3-b2a9-c9042b7898c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0356?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fa658e96623cfbcdade28856aa89fb59c5cbcf091fb305b218e7935b08efb800"
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 356 (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_652_sb0356t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carltown R. Smith Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0356f.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/sb/sb0356t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **100–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Hearing 1/29 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8fec0f1-5b95-46d3-b2a9-c9042b7898c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).