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IntroducedOct 15, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Public Health - Baby Food Testing and Labeling - Requirements
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 196
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 124
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Stonko
- Acevero
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Szeliga
- Adams
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Qi
- Taveras
- Allen
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Taylor
- Alston
- Fisher
- Korman
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Toles
- Anderson
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Arentz
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Turner
- Arikan
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ross
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- Miller
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Buckel
- Healey
- Moon
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Cardin
- Hill
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Wims
- Chang
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (124-0)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {273825/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
- Oct 15, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Neltner, Thomas
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Williams, Irnise (OAG)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Felner, Craig (Infant Nutrition Council of America)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hamilton, Molly (the Clean Label Project)



