Legislative Research: MD SB604 | 2025 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 604 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2026 Regular Session (Introduced)	Prohibiting a child placement agency from denying a prospective parent's application to adopt a child based on certain characteristics with certain exceptions; prohibiting the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Services and cer... [SB604 2026 Detail][SB604 2026 Text][SB604 2026 Comments]	2026-02-05 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2025 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a fel... [SB604 2025 Detail][SB604 2025 Text][SB604 2025 Comments]	2025-01-30 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
2024 Regular Session (Passed)	Establishing a line-of-duty special death benefit for members of the Judges' Retirement System; providing for health benefits for a surviving spouse, child, or dependent parent who is receiving a special death benefit for the death of a member of the... [SB604 2024 Detail][SB604 2024 Text][SB604 2024 Comments]	2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486
2023 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to increase the hourly reimbursement rate for certain personal assistance services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to a minimum of $25 per hour; requiring provider agencies to pay the greater ... [SB604 2023 Detail][SB604 2023 Text][SB604 2023 Comments]	2023-02-08 Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2022 Regular Session (Passed)	Requiring that the State Board of Electricians credit an applicant's work as part of certain apprenticeships for the experience required for certain electrician licenses; requiring the State Board to waive the examination requirements for certain app... [SB604 2022 Detail][SB604 2022 Text][SB604 2022 Comments]	2022-05-29 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 656
2021 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements under certain circumstances for golf carts in Cecil County; providing that a person who operates a golf cart in Cecil County may operate the golf cart only on certain highways at cert... [SB604 2021 Detail][SB604 2021 Text][SB604 2021 Comments]	2021-03-09 Withdrawn by Sponsor
2020 Regular Session (Passed)	Authorizing a parent or legal guardian of a medical cannabis patient under the age of 18 years to designate not more than two additional adults to be a caregiver, in addition to the parent or legal guardian; specifying that the definition of "caregiv... [SB604 2020 Detail][SB604 2020 Text][SB604 2020 Comments]	2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 625
2019 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Establishing compassionate release as a form of release from incarceration for inmates over the age of 60 years who have served at least 30 years imprisonment or have a chronic disease or condition; establishing a means of initiating consideration by... [SB604 2019 Detail][SB604 2019 Text][SB604 2019 Comments]	2019-02-06 Hearing 2/21 at 12:00 p.m.
2018 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Authorizing, in Allegany County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, and Washington County, a certain law enforcement unit to sell, exchange, or transfer certain forfeited firearms to a federally licensed firearms dealer under certain c... [SB604 2018 Detail][SB604 2018 Text][SB604 2018 Comments]	2018-02-13 Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2017 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead)	Requiring a vision screening provided to specified students in public schools to include the administration of a computerized screening for visual impairments that includes, at a minimum, specified tests; requiring each county board on or before July... [SB604 2017 Detail][SB604 2017 Text][SB604 2017 Comments]	2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
2016 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Establishing the Task Force on the Distribution of Funding for Senior Citizen Activities Centers; requiring the Task Force to study the existing distribution of funding, the distribution and needs of the an increasingly senior population, and evaluat... [SB604 2016 Detail][SB604 2016 Text][SB604 2016 Comments]	2016-02-24 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2015 Regular Session (Passed)	Establishing specified protections for interns and applicants for internships from specified discriminatory acts; providing that a specified intern has access to a specified complaint resolution procedure or, under specified circumstances, may file a... [SB604 2015 Detail][SB604 2015 Text][SB604 2015 Comments]	2015-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 43
2014 Regular Session (Passed)	Requiring the Comptroller to include on specified tax forms a demonstrative representation of how much of each dollar that the General Fund receives is spent on specified categories; providing that the representation may be in graphical or pictorial ... [SB604 2014 Detail][SB604 2014 Text][SB604 2014 Comments]	2014-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536
2013 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Prohibiting a gas transmission company from beginning construction on a gas pipeline before the finalization of specified legal proceedings, including approval by the Board of Public Works, permit and license applications, condemnation proceedings, e... [SB604 2013 Detail][SB604 2013 Text][SB604 2013 Comments]	2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Finance
2012 Regular Session (Passed)	Providing that written consent by an uninsured motorist insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer may not be construed to limit the right of the uninsured motorist insurer to raise any issue relating to liability or damages in an action a... [SB604 2012 Detail][SB604 2012 Text][SB604 2012 Comments]	2012-05-02 Approved by the Governor
2011 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Prohibiting owners, employees, and operators of tanning facilities from allowing minors to use specified tanning devices. [SB604 2011 Detail][SB604 2011 Text][SB604 2011 Comments]	2011-02-16 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
2010 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead)	Requiring specified State agencies, in consultation with institutions of higher education, to adopt a definition of college and career readiness; requiring the adoption of a common assessment and benchmarks to show progress toward college readiness; ... [SB604 2010 Detail][SB604 2010 Text][SB604 2010 Comments]	2010-04-10 Re-referred Ways and Means & Appropriations

References Online

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Legislative Citation

APA

MD SB604 | 2025 | Regular Session. (2025, January 30). LegiScan. Retrieved June 14, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB604/2025

MLA

"MD SB604 | 2025 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 30 Jan. 2025. Web. 14 Jun. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB604/2025>.

Chicago

"MD SB604 | 2025 | Regular Session." January 30, 2025 LegiScan. Accessed June 14, 2026. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB604/2025.

Turabian

LegiScan. MD SB604 | 2025 | Regular Session. 30 January 2025. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB604/2025 (accessed June 14, 2026).

Subjects

Controlled Dangerous Substances
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Death
Good Samaritan
Injury
Jurisdiction
Penalties and Sentences
Transfer of Goods

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
SB1075	Carry Over	2024-02-07	Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria and Scottie's Law)	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1398	Crossfiled	2025-02-17	Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law)	Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.