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IntroducedSep 16, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 10, 2026
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Became LawApr 14, 2026
Maryland Senate Bill
Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 14, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 226
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Finance Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Planningcosponsor
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Smith
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Sydnor
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Waldstreicher
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Washington, A.
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- Ready
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Simonaire
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 105
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Allen
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Alston
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Kerr
- Rosenberg
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Ross
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Ruff
- Valderrama
- Behler
- Foley
- Lewis
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Schindler
- Wells
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Chang
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Hill
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Howard
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Ziegler
NO: 30
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 14, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (105-30)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 30, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters Government, Labor, and Elections
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Jan 20, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
- Sep 16, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Andrew (Maryland Department of Planning)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Shatto, Elizabeth (Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Palmer, Harrison (Maryland Department of Agriculture)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
