# Maryland HB 0552: Higher Education - Drug Detection Products - Distribution and Report

Maryland HB 0552, Higher Education - Drug Detection Products - Distribution and Report, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Deni Taveras (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-01-24 (Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0552
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Higher Education - Drug Detection Products - Distribution and Report
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2025-01-24, Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- Sponsor: Deni Taveras (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Higher Education, Chemical Tests, Controlled Dangerous Substances -see also- Drugs; Opioids, Health Care Facilities -see also- Clinics; Hospices; etc, Higher Education -see also- Comm Colleges; Med Schools; etc., Libraries -see also- Archives, Local Government Mandates, Opioids -see also- Controlled Dangerous Substances; Drugs, Reports, Students
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Deni Taveras (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: J. Lewis
- Cosponsor: Mary A. Lehman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ashanti Martinez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Susan K. McComas (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: N. Scott Phillips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Malcolm P. Ruff (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Spiegel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamila J. Woods (Democratic), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-01-24: Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (House)
- 2025-01-22: First Reading Appropriations and Health and Government Operations (House)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0552f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0552f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0552-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).