HB 1617 — Public Health - Health Innovation Zones - Establishment
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-19
Authorizing the local zoning authority in a county to designate a health innovation zone, a contiguous area that demonstrates measurable and documented health disparities and poor health outcomes; requiring a county, if the local zoning authority designates a health innovation zone, to establish, by law, certain incentives; requiring the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to provide funding to encourage certain entities to establish a business in a certain health innovation zone; etc.
Latest action: — In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors (20)
- Tiffany T. Alston (D, MD-24) — sponsor · 2026-02-19
- Derrick Coley (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Julian Ivey (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Kent Roberson (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Denise Roberts (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Kym Taylor (D, MD-23) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Karen Toles (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Heather Bagnall (D, MD-33) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Bonnie Cullison (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Terri L. Hill (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Lesley J. Lopez (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Samuel I. Rosenberg (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Kim Ross (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Deni Taveras (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Jennifer White Holland (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
- Teresa Woorman (D, MD-16) — cosponsor · 2026-02-19
Action timeline (7)
- · house — First Reading
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Hearing — Health
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House health | — | 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 | Tiffany T. Alston (D, state_lower MD-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Bonnie Cullison (D, state_lower MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Deni Taveras (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Denise Roberts (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Derrick Coley (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Heather Bagnall (D, state_lower MD-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jennifer White Holland (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Julian Ivey (D, state_lower MD-47) | 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 | Kim Ross (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kym Taylor (D, state_lower MD-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Lesley J. Lopez (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Samuel I. Rosenberg (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Teresa Woorman (D, state_lower MD-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Terri L. Hill (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
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 Senate finance · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg