SB0579 — Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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16 sponsors
1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (8 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
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.
Bill Text
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Read SB0579 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Senator Hershey · Cosponsor
- Senator Jackson · Cosponsor
- Senator J.B. Jennings · Primary
- Senator Jason C. Gallion · Cosponsor
- Senator Paul D. Corderman · Cosponsor
- Senator Mary Beth Carozza · Cosponsor
- Senator Jack Bailey · Cosponsor
- Senator Johnny Ray Salling · Cosponsor
- Senator Pamela Beidle · Cosponsor
- Senator Dawn Gile · Cosponsor
- Senator Antonio Hayes · Cosponsor
- Senator Katie Fry Hester · Cosponsor
- Senator Benjamin F. Kramer · Cosponsor
- Senator Clarence K. Lam · Cosponsor
- Senator Johnny Mautz · Cosponsor
- Senator Justin Ready · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 172 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Senator J.B. Jennings Republican
Co-sponsors (15)
- Senator Hershey
- Senator Jackson
- Senator Jason C. Gallion Republican
- Senator Paul D. Corderman Republican
- Senator Mary Beth Carozza Republican
- Senator Jack Bailey Republican
- Senator Johnny Ray Salling Republican
- Senator Pamela Beidle Democrat
- Senator Dawn Gile Democrat
- Senator Antonio Hayes Democrat
- Senator Katie Fry Hester Democrat
- Senator Benjamin F. Kramer Democrat
- Senator Clarence K. Lam Democrat
- Senator Johnny Mautz Republican
- Senator Justin Ready Republican
Not signed on (172)
172 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 172 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 135 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (47)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB0579 do?
- 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.
- Who sponsors SB0579?
- SB0579 is sponsored by Senator Hershey, Senator Jackson, Senator J.B. Jennings (Republican), Senator Jason C. Gallion (Republican), Senator Paul D. Corderman (Republican), Senator Mary Beth Carozza (Republican), Senator Jack Bailey (Republican), Senator Johnny Ray Salling (Republican), Senator Pamela Beidle (Democrat), Senator Dawn Gile (Democrat), Senator Antonio Hayes (Democrat), Senator Katie Fry Hester (Democrat), Senator Benjamin F. Kramer (Democrat), Senator Clarence K. Lam (Democrat), Senator Johnny Mautz (Republican), and Senator Justin Ready (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB0579?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
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