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IntroducedOct 16, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
State Government - Henrietta Lacks Commission - Establishment (Henrietta Lacks Commission of Maryland Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 20, 2026: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 166
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 128
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Coley
- Ivey
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Addison
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kipke
- Qi
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Rose
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Williams
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simmons
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Young
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Nkongolo
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (128-0)
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {553725/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
- Oct 16, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Public Health - Henrietta Lacks Commission - Establishment (Henrietta Lacks Commission of Maryland Act of 2026)PDF
- Amendments {553725/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - State Government - Henrietta Lacks Commission - Establishment (Henrietta Lacks Commission of Maryland Act of 2026)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Sanders, David (HENRIETTA LACKS HOUSE)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Thompson, Kate
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Allen, Luke (Planned Parenthood of Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Feeley, Kathryn (Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Adireddi, Sanjay (Henrietta Lacks House of Healing)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Carrington, Darrell (Carrington & Associates, LLC)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Ferrell, Valerie
- GVC Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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