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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Passed Enrolled
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Summary
Comments on SB 579
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
NO: 0
YES: 135
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Korman
- Queen
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rose
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- Wells
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Chang
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Young
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {953725/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Health
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {403127/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer FirefightersPDF
- Amendments {403127/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer FirefightersPDF
- Amendments {953725/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer FirefightersPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Feeley, Kathryn (Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Dayton, Jonathan (Maryland Rural Health Association)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bowen, Dale (MSFA)
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- Anderson, Karrington (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Cassilly, Robert (Harford County Government)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- McKay, Mike
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Cassilly, Robert (Harford County Government)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Bowen, Dale (MSFA)
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Anderson, Karrington (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)



