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HB1564 • 2026

Public Health - Drugs and Medical Devices Used in Death Sentences - Prohibition

Public Health - Drugs and Medical Devices Used in Death Sentences - Prohibition

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Delegates Turner , Fennell , Spiegel , and Taveras
Last action
2026-02-20
Official status
In the House - Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Public Health - Drugs and Medical Devices 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 or medical device or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug or device with the intent that the drug or device will be used to carry out 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 or medical device or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug or device with the intent that the drug or device will be used to carry out a death sentence.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-20 House

    Hearing canceled (Judiciary)

  2. 2026-02-16 House

    Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)

  3. 2026-02-13 House

    First Reading Judiciary and Health

  4. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Public Health - Drugs and Medical Devices 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 or medical device or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug or device with the intent that the drug or device will be used to carry out a death sentence.

Current Bill Text

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*hb1564*

HOUSE BILL 1564
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By: Delegates Turner, Fennell, Spiegel, and Taveras
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary and Health

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Public Health – Drugs and Medical Devices 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 or 5
medical device or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should 6
know certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person 7
seeking the drug or device with the intent that the drug or device will be used to 8
carry out a death sentence; and generally relating to drugs and medical devices used 9
in death sentences. 10

BY adding to 11
Article – Health – General 12
Section 21–1114 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17

Article – Health – General 18

21–1114. 19

A PERSON DOING BUSINES S IN THE STATE MAY NOT KNOWING LY 20
MANUFACTURE OR SELL, DISTRIBUTE, DISPENSE, OR OTHERWISE SUPPLY A DRUG 21
OR MEDICAL DEVICE OR COMPOUND A DRUG IF THE PERSON KNOWS OR 22
REASONABLY SHOULD KN OW THAT THE ORDER , PRESCRIPTION, OR OTHER 23
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MANUFACTURE, COMPOUNDING, OR SUPPLYING OF THE 24
DRUG OR DEVICE WAS PROMPTED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY A PERSON 25
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SEEKING THE DRUG OR DEVICE WITH THE INTENT THAT THE DRUG OR DEVICE WILL 1
BE USED TO CARRY OUT A DEATH SENTENCE. 2

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2026. 4