---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions"
description: "Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1502"
citation: "Maryland HB 1502 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0dcab76-e8ce-4be6-8ac5-72b12b39d8f2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1502?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d50c0809a3c0e667b12afa52c74b7b71e99adde652c98584e41c248949b1e564"
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 1502 (2025) — Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_758_hb1502t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1502f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1502t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2025-03-07** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 3:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 758 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0dcab76-e8ce-4be6-8ac5-72b12b39d8f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).