HB 825 — Brain Health - Guidelines, Grant Fund, and Commemorative Month (Tahjai's Law)
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-04
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of May to be Brain Health and Chronic Headache Awareness Month; requiring the proclamation to align with a certain national brain tumor awareness initiative; establishing the Maryland Brain Health Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with certain entities, to develop guidelines on brain health screening; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal 2028 an appropriation of $500,000 for the Fund.
Latest action: — In the House - Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
Sponsors (17)
- Jamila J. Woods (D, MD-26) — sponsor · 2026-02-04
- Denise Roberts (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Harry Bhandari (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Derrick Coley (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Bonnie Cullison (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Kris Fair (D, MD-3) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jefferson L. Ghrist (R, MD-36) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Edith J. Patterson (D, MD-28) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Kent Roberson (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Sheree Sample-Hughes (D, MD-37) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Gary Simmons (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Sean A. Stinnett (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Deni Taveras (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Kym Taylor (D, MD-23) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Karen Toles (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
Action timeline (2)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Government, Labor, and Elections
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2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House appropriations | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House government, labor, and elections | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamila J. Woods (D, state_lower MD-26) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bonnie Cullison (D, state_lower MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Deni Taveras (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Denise Roberts (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Derrick Coley (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Edith J. Patterson (D, state_lower MD-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Gary Simmons (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Harry Bhandari (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jefferson L. Ghrist (R, state_lower MD-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Karen Toles (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kent Roberson (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Kris Fair (D, state_lower MD-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kym Taylor (D, state_lower MD-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Sean A. Stinnett (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Sheree Sample-Hughes (D, state_lower MD-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House appropriations · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House government, labor, and elections · md-leg