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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 553
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
YES: 133
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Embry
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kipke
- Qi
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Arikan
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Baker
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wells
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
NO: 1
YES: 41
- Mr. President
- Folden
- Hester
- Lam
- Salling
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gile
- Jackson
- Love
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- James
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Harris
- Jennings
- McCray
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Hayes
- Kagan
- McKay
- Watson
- Corderman
- Henson
- King
- Ready
- West
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Feldman
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 2
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (133-1)
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Favorable with Amendments {263229/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {633629/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - ReestablishmentPDF
- Amendments {633629/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - ReestablishmentPDF
- Amendments {263229/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - ReestablishmentPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Sands, Brandon (Maryland Turfgrass Council)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Lindsay
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Mansfield, Andrea (Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Nusbaum, Emil (Automotive Recyclers Association)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Short, Justin (Recycled Materials Association)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- P, S
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Outten, Megan
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- McIlroy, Kitty (Maryland Recycling Network)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Black-Woodson, Allyson
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Mansfield, Andrea (Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Phillips, Robert (Maryland State Firefighter's Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Outten, Megan
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