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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0356* | |
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| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 356 | |
| 11 | 8 | J1 5lr0629 | |
| 12 | 9 | SB 1165/24 – JPR CF HB 39 | |
| 13 | - | By: Senator Smith | |
| 10 | + | By: Senator Smith | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 3, 2025 | |
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| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
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| 24 | 18 | Public Health – Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | Virus 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | (Carlton R. Smith Act) 4 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 22 | FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual; 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | and generally relating to transfer of human immunodeficiency virus. 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY repealing 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – Health – General 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 18–601.1 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
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| 38 | 32 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | Article – Health – General 15 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | [18–601.1. 16 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | (a) An individual who has the human immunodeficiency virus may not knowingly 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | transfer or attempt to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual. 18 | |
| 47 | 41 | ||
| 48 | - | (b) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 19 2 SENATE BILL 356 | |
| 42 | + | (b) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 19 | |
| 43 | + | and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 20 | |
| 44 | + | 3 years or both.] 21 | |
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| 51 | - | and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 | |
| 52 | - | 3 years or both.] 2 | |
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| 54 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act sha ll take effect 3 | |
| 55 | - | October 1, 2025. 4 | |
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| 59 | - | Approved: | |
| 60 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 61 | - | Governor. | |
| 62 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 63 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 64 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 65 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 46 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22 | |
| 47 | + | October 1, 2025. 23 |