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IntroducedSep 24, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 20, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 278
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Health Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Agingcosponsor
Votes
YES: 102
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Taylor
- Addison
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Toles
- Alston
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ross
- Turner
- Amprey
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wells
- Beauchamp
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Behler
- Harrison
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Williams
- Boyce
- Hill
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Hinebaugh
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wims
- Chang
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hutchinson
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Coley
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Wu
- Crosby
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Stonko
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Kaiser
NO: 32
ABSENT: 6
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (102-32)
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {863520/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/05 at 1:45 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
- Sep 24, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Geddes, Ann (Mental Health Association of Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Crespo, Virginia
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Murphy, Morgan (MD Dept of Veterans Affairs)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Westrick, Sara (AARP Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Carter, Alita-Geri (Qualequity Access)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Ciekot, Ann (NASW Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Greenfield, Aaron
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Twesigye, Kayenda (Baltimore County Government)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Roques, Carmel (Maryland Department of Aging)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Alzheimer's Association)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Wisniewski, Molly (Maryland Commission on Caregiving)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, Robert (MD Federation of NARFE SLC)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Anderson, Jimmy (Deputy Secretary, MD Department of Veterans and Military Families)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Kauffman, Danna
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Peters, Megan (Maryland Senior Citizens Action Network (MSCAN))
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
