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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations"
description: "Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Maryland HB 259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-28"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/901b3f6f-d94c-4b15-be31-45327590ec39"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0259?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b2c50ef4ecbc8285e15a30768012a3c116bed63f870cbfda98dd9efb5b960ce"
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 259 (2025) — Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_91_hb0259t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0259f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0259t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1380** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** 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
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 91 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/901b3f6f-d94c-4b15-be31-45327590ec39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).