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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)"
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description: "Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 97"
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citation: "Maryland HB 97 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-10-31"
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last_action: "2024-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63151865-a020-411f-bb66-94f04eedabb8"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0097?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "f180a503fd96961eeaca8356ef5bafb943f5073f478de8582f402cb6f6b98700"
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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 97 (2024) — Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)
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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 - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_953_hb0097e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0097e.pdf)
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3. **First - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0097f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0097t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–1** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hutchinson — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- M. Morgan — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Reilly — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Szeliga — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-02-06** Hearing canceled
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- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
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- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 953 `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/63151865-a020-411f-bb66-94f04eedabb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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