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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties"
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description: "Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 260"
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citation: "Maryland HB 260 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "Kaufman", "Simmons", "Stinnett"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-10-31"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f4e2a4a-b9a0-4594-aefe-06b441528073"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0260?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "d2ef730c06548125646801ca492e5019f7e9792e6059ffa713ca0fe6ecd0704d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 260 (2025) — Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_180_hb0260t.pdf)
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2. **First - Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0260f.pdf)
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3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2025RS-HB0260-REIN.pdf)
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4. **Third - Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0260t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **105–34** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Stinnett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-25** Hearing canceled
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- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
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- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
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- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f4e2a4a-b9a0-4594-aefe-06b441528073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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