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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)"
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description: "Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)"
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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 39"
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citation: "Maryland HB 39 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-06-25"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a64946-9610-4ace-81bf-46491ecab047"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0039?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "c1b349b93148136636fefc411c4dd5b6b3fba2f707edfc7e266bb04a338a0bc6"
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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 39 (2025) — Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)
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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 - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_651_hb0039t.pdf)
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2. **First - Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0039f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0039t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **100–36** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Bouchat — primary (person)
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Clippinger — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Embry — primary (person)
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- Fair — primary (person)
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- Feldmark — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Lehman — primary (person)
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- Mireku-North — primary (person)
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- Moon — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Pruski — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Terrasa — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-25** 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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- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed
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- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 `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/e5a64946-9610-4ace-81bf-46491ecab047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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