SB 579 — Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-04
Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the volunteer fire company; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a certain annual examination or applying for a certain grant; requiring the volunteer fire companies to maintain a list of volunteer firefighters and retired volunteer firefighters; etc.
Latest action: — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319
Sponsors (16)
- J.B. Jennings (R, MD-7) — sponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jason C. Gallion (R, MD-35) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Paul D. Corderman (R, MD-2) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Mary Beth Carozza (R, MD-38) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jack Bailey (R, MD-29) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Johnny Ray Salling (R, MD-6) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Pamela Beidle (D, MD-32) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Dawn Gile (D, MD-33) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Antonio Hayes (D, MD-40) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Stephen S. Hershey (R, MD-36) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Katie Fry Hester (D, MD-9) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Carl Jackson (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Benjamin F. Kramer (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Clarence K. Lam (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Johnny Mautz (R, MD-37) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Justin Ready (R, MD-5) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
Action timeline (10)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Hearing — Health
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate finance | — | 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 | J.B. Jennings (R, state_upper MD-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Antonio Hayes (D, state_upper MD-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin F. Kramer (D, state_upper MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carl Jackson (D, state_upper MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Clarence K. Lam (D, state_upper MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dawn Gile (D, state_upper MD-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jack Bailey (R, state_upper MD-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jason C. Gallion (R, state_upper MD-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Johnny Mautz (R, state_upper MD-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Johnny Ray Salling (R, state_upper MD-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Justin Ready (R, state_upper MD-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Katie Fry Hester (D, state_upper MD-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Mary Beth Carozza (R, state_upper MD-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Pamela Beidle (D, state_upper MD-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Paul D. Corderman (R, state_upper MD-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Stephen S. Hershey (R, state_upper MD-36) | 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 health · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg