---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology"
description: "Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Maryland HB 443 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lehman", "Pena-Melnyk", "Roberson", "Taveras", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17853e0a-0225-46ad-bd47-645f22f645f5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0443?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "119f60e337179d34830ad60f3c6b3ae6ff1e4a4220c650aaf3388da556d3ac49"
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 443 (2025) — Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_713_hb0443t.pdf)
2. **First - Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0443f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0443t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lehman — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17853e0a-0225-46ad-bd47-645f22f645f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).