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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	HB 39	Maryland HB 39 (2025)	bill		enacted	Bartlett Bouchat Cardin Clippinger Conaway Crutchfield D. Jones Embry Fair Feldmark Kaufman Lehman Mireku-North Moon Pasteur Phillips Pruski Ruth Simmons Simpson Stewart Taylor Terrasa Toles Williams	3	14	2	2024-06-25	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e5a64946-9610-4ace-81bf-46491ecab047	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0039?ys=2025RS&search=True	c1b349b93148136636fefc411c4dd5b6b3fba2f707edfc7e266bb04a338a0bc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 39 (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 - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal (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 — 35–11 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 100–36 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bartlett — primary (person)
• Bouchat — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Clippinger — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Embry — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Ruth — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Stewart — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Terrasa — primary (person)
• Toles — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-25 Pre-filed introduction
• 2025-01-08 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-10 Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-02-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-18 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2025-02-20 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-02-21 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
• 2025-05-20 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5a64946-9610-4ace-81bf-46491ecab047. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).