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IntroducedJan 16, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Tobacco Product Licensees - Additional Licensure for Electronic Smoking Devices
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 249
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 43
- Mr. President
- Feldman
- Hester
- Love
- Smith
- Attar
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Bailey
- Gile
- James
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Ready
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Harris
- King
- Rosapepe
- Watson
- Carozza
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Salling
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Zucker
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lewis Young
NO: 0
YES: 106
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Toles
- Allen
- Embry
- Korman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Alston
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Harrison
- Moon
- Shetty
- Williams
- Boyce
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Hill
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Wims
- Chang
- Holmes
- Nkongolo
- Smith
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Wu
- Crosby
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Ziegler
- Cullison
NO: 30
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Third Reading Passed (106-30)
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Feeley, Kathryn (Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy)
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- (MD), State of Maryland
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Hale, Laura (American Heart Association)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kennedy, Anita (National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- MacCormack, Anna
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bennett, Tyler (Compass Advocacy)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gott, Candice (Maryland Vapor Alliance)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Garrison, Andrew (Maryland Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Beidle, Pamela
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hale, Laura (American Heart Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Beidle, Pamela
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bennett, Tyler (Compass Advocacy)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Muthukrishnan, Aravind (Office of the Attorney General)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Akras, Thomas (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Administration)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gott, Candice (Maryland Vapor Alliance)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Adams MD, Joseph (Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- State of, Maryland
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Jimison, Kristin (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids)

