---
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).