HB1542 • 2026

Public Health - Goods, Services, or Technologies Used in Death Sentences - Prohibition

Healthcare Technology

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegate Rosenberg
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Public Health - Goods, Services, or Technologies Used in Death Sentences - Prohibition

Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know that certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology with a certain intent related to a death sentence.

What This Bill Does

Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know that certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology with a certain intent related to a death sentence.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-02-16 House
Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2026-02-13 House
First Reading Judiciary and Health
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Public Health - Goods, Services, or Technologies Used in Death Sentences - Prohibition

Official Summary Text

Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know that certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology with a certain intent related to a death sentence.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb1542*

HOUSE BILL 1542
J1, J2 6lr3479

By: Delegate Rosenberg
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary and Health

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Public Health – Goods, Services, or Technologies Used in Death Sentences – 2
Prohibition 3

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly 4
manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug , 5
medical device, or other good, service , or technology or compounding a drug if the 6
person knows or reasonably should know that certain authorization was prompted, 7
either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug, medical device, or other 8
good, service, or technology with the intent that the drug, medical device, or other 9
good, service, or technology will be used to carry out a death sentence; requiring a 10
health occupations board to deny or revoke a license or certi ficate to an applicant, 11
licensee, or certificate holder if the holder violates or has violated a certain provision; 12
and generally relating to goods, services, or technologies used in death sentences. 13

BY adding to 14
Article – Health – General 15
Section 21–1114 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

BY adding to 19
Article – Health Occupations 20
Section 1–231 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 23

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENER AL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 24
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 25

Article – Health – General 26

2 HOUSE BILL 1542

21–1114. 1

(A) A PERSON DOING BUSINES S IN THE STATE MAY NOT KNOWING LY 2
MANUFACTURE OR SELL, DISTRIBUTE, DISPENSE, OR OTHERWISE SUPPLY A DRUG, 3
MEDICAL DEVICE, OR OTHER GOOD, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY OR COMPOUND A 4
DRUG IF THE PERSON KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE ORDER , 5
PRESCRIPTION, OR OTHER AUTHORIZATI ON FOR THE MANUFACTU RE, 6
COMPOUNDING, OR SUPPLYING OF THE DRUG, MEDICAL DEVICE, OR OTHER GOOD, 7
SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY WAS PROMPTED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY 8
A PERSON SEEKING THE DRUG, MEDICAL DEVICE, OR OTHER GOOD , SERVICE, OR 9
TECHNOLOGY WITH THE INTENT THAT THE DRUG , MEDICAL DEVICE , OR OTHER 10
GOOD, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE USED TO CARRY OUT A DEATH SENTENCE. 11

(B) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS SUBJ ECT TO A CIVIL 12
PENALTY OF $10,000. 13

Article – Health Occupations 14

1–231. 15

IF AN APPLICANT, LICENSEE, OR CERTIFICATE HOLDER UNDER THIS ARTICLE 16
VIOLATES OR HAS VIOL ATED § 21–1114 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE, A 17
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS BOARD SHALL: 18

(1) DENY A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE TO THE APPLICANT; OR 19

(2) REVOKE THE LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE. 20

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21
October 1, 2026. 22