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IntroducedFeb 19, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 23, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Public Health - Health Innovation Zones - Establishment
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 25, 2026: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 1617
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 102
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
NO: 35
Actions
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (102-35)
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {883022/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/17 at 3:00 p.m.
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Rereferred to Health
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Bogley, Laura (Maryland Right to Life)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Healey-Conway, Teresa (MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy



