---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding"
description: "Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 849"
citation: "Maryland SB 849 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47d606cf-8365-4247-84b3-18d563495fb0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0849?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "87cfbbdcb1d88c1d4e2d5dad6d9358d3694d2ff15e4efa5b087fca537b3bba8d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 849 (2025) — Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_640_sb0849e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0849e.pdf)
3. **First - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0849f.pdf)
4. **Third - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0849t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-02-14** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-02-14** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-02-17** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-02-17** Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47d606cf-8365-4247-84b3-18d563495fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).