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Bill	Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)	Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	SB 356	Maryland SB 356 (2025)	bill		enacted	Love Smith Waldstreicher	3	12	2	2025-01-16	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/b8fec0f1-5b95-46d3-b2a9-c9042b7898c0	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0356?ys=2025RS&search=True	fa658e96623cfbcdade28856aa89fb59c5cbcf091fb305b218e7935b08efb800	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. First - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carltown R. Smith Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/b8fec0f1-5b95-46d3-b2a9-c9042b7898c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).