MD HB 661

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General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Muslim American Heritage and Jewish American Heritage Months

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 661 pass?

Yes. MD HB 661 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358

What is MD HB 661 about?

MD HB 661 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Muslim American Heritage and Jewish American Heritage Months”.

Who sponsors MD HB 661?

Solomon, Wolek are the primary sponsors of MD HB 661.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-05-12 — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358
executive-signature
2026-04-10
Returned Passed
2026-04-10
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-04-10
Floor Amendment {
2026-04-08
Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Feldman) Adopted
2026-04-07
Second Reading Passed
2026-04-07
Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator Muse) Rejected
2026-04-07
Floor Amendment {
2026-04-07
Favorable Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-06
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-23
Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
referral-committee
2026-03-23
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-03-21
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-21
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-16
Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-30
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

On Third Reading
2026-03-11 · pass · 126-7
Member-level votes (141)
- Speaker: yes
- Crutchfield: yes
- Johnson, A.: yes
- Palakovich Carr: yes
- Stein: yes
- Acevero: yes
- Cullison: yes
- Johnson, S.: yes
- Pasteur: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Adams: yes
- Davis: yes
- Jones, D.: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stinnett: yes
- Addison: yes
- Ebersole: yes
- Kaiser: yes
- Pippy: yes
- Stonko: yes
- Allen: yes
- Edelson: yes
- Kaufman: yes
- Pruski: yes
- Taveras: yes
- Alston: yes
- Embry: yes
- Kerr: yes
- Qi: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Amprey: yes
- Fair: yes
- Kipke: yes
- Queen: yes
- Terrasa: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Feldmark: yes
- Korman: yes
- Reilly: yes
- Toles: yes
- Arentz: yes
- Fennell: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Tomlinson: yes
- Bagnall: yes
- Foley: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Turner: yes
- Baker: yes
- Forbes: yes
- Long, J.: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Valderrama: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
- Long, R.: yes
- Rose: yes
- Valentine: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Ghrist: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Rosenberg: yes
- Vogel: yes
- Beauchamp: yes
- Griffith: yes
- Mangione: yes
- Ross: yes
- Watson: yes
- Behler: yes
- Guyton: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Ruff: yes
- Wells: yes
- Bhandari: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- McCaskill: yes
- Ruth: yes
- White Holland: yes
- Boafo: yes
- Harrison: yes
- McComas: yes
- Sample-Hughes: yes
- Wilkins: yes
- Boyce: yes
- Hartman: yes
- Metzgar: yes
- Schindler: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Buckel: yes
- Healey: yes
- Miller: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Wims: yes
- Cardin: yes
- Hill: yes
- Mireku-North: yes
- Shetty: yes
- Wolek: yes
- Chang: yes
- Hinebaugh: yes
- Moon: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Woods: yes
- Charkoudian: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Moreno: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Woorman: yes
- Ciliberti: yes
- Hornberger: yes
- Morgan, T.: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wu: yes
- Clippinger: yes
- Hutchinson: yes
- Nkongolo: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Young: yes
- Coley: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Odom: yes
- Spiegel: yes
- Ziegler: yes
- Conaway: yes
- Arikan: no
- Fisher: no
- Howard: no
- Morgan, M.: no
- Szeliga: no
- Chisholm: no
- Grammer: no
- Bouchat: not voting
- Ivey: not voting
- Nawrocki: not voting
- Phillips: not voting
- Wivell: not voting
- Crosby: not voting
- Jones, A.: absent
- Williams: absent
Floor Amendment McKay /993227/1
2026-03-18 · fail · 19-26
Member-level votes (47)
- Bailey: yes
- Gallion: yes
- James: yes
- McKay: yes
- Simonaire: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Henson: yes
- Jennings: yes
- Muse: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Corderman: yes
- Hershey: yes
- Mautz: yes
- Ready: yes
- West: yes
- Folden: yes
- Jackson: yes
- McCray: yes
- Salling: yes
- Mr. President: no
- Charles: no
- Hayes: no
- Lam: no
- Sydnor: no
- Attar: no
- Ellis: no
- Hester: no
- Lewis Young: no
- Waldstreicher: no
- Augustine: no
- Feldman: no
- Hettleman: no
- Love: no
- Washington, M.: no
- Beidle: no
- Gile: no
- King: no
- Rosapepe: no
- Watson: no
- Benson: no
- Harris: no
- Kramer: no
- Smith: no
- Zucker: no
- Brooks: no
- Guzzone: not voting
- Kagan: not voting
Floor Amendment Muse /203629/1
2026-03-23 · fail · 19-25
Member-level votes (47)
- Bailey: yes
- Folden: yes
- James: yes
- Muse: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Benson: yes
- Gallion: yes
- Jennings: yes
- Ready: yes
- Washington, M.: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Mautz: yes
- Salling: yes
- West: yes
- Corderman: yes
- Hershey: yes
- McKay: yes
- Simonaire: yes
- Mr. President: no
- Charles: no
- Harris: no
- Lam: no
- Smith: no
- Attar: no
- Ellis: no
- Hester: no
- Lewis Young: no
- Sydnor: no
- Augustine: no
- Feldman: no
- Hettleman: no
- Love: no
- Waldstreicher: no
- Beidle: no
- Gile: no
- King: no
- McCray: no
- Watson: no
- Brooks: no
- Guzzone: no
- Kramer: no
- Rosapepe: no
- Zucker: no
- Jackson: not voting
- Kagan: not voting
- Henson: absent
Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage.
2026-03-23 · pass · 33-10
Member-level votes (47)
- Mr. President: yes
- Charles: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Lewis Young: yes
- Smith: yes
- Attar: yes
- Corderman: yes
- Hester: yes
- Love: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- Augustine: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hettleman: yes
- McCray: yes
- Waldstreicher: yes
- Beidle: yes
- Feldman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Muse: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Benson: yes
- Gile: yes
- King: yes
- Rosapepe: yes
- Watson: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- Kramer: yes
- Simonaire: yes
- Zucker: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Harris: yes
- Lam: yes
- Bailey: no
- Hershey: no
- Jennings: no
- McKay: no
- Salling: no
- Gallion: no
- James: no
- Mautz: no
- Ready: no
- West: no
- Folden: not voting
- Kagan: not voting
- Washington, M.: not voting
- Henson: absent

Related bills

Prior session: HB 899not in this corpus
Companion bill: SB 308

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http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0661?ys=2026RS

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