---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters"
description: "Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Maryland SB 579 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Gallion", "Gile", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Kramer", "Lam", "Mautz", "Ready", "Salling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdd25206-d2fb-4f31-a002-d1181b082fa9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0579?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2a881621784f69a81b3a8ee48c637512f6faa8d40b16be30b651e65b6baf59c7"
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 579 (2026) — Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_sb0579e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579e.pdf)
3. **First - Counties – No–Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer Firefighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579f.pdf)
4. **Third - Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdd25206-d2fb-4f31-a002-d1181b082fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).