# Maryland SB 0579: Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters Maryland SB 0579, Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by J.B. Jennings (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-28 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0579-2026RS - As of: 2026-10-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0579 - State: Maryland - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-04 - Last action: 2026-04-28, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 - Sponsor: J.B. Jennings (Republican) - Cosponsors: 15 - Subjects: Counties - Generally, Public Health, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Fire Protection, Grants, Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Local Government Mandates, Medical Conditions -see also- AIDS; COVID-19; rabies, Medical Testing and Diagnosis, Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, Retirement -see also- Mandatory Retirement, Standards and Best Practices, Time, Volunteers - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (221 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Free cancer screenings for volunteer and retired firefighters: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, every county with a volunteer fire company offers no-cost preventive cancer screenings to volunteer firefighters and retired volunteer firefighters who served with a company in that county. Screenings follow the latest International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) guidel… - Roster rules to deliver firefighter screenings: benefit, low. Starting July 1, 2026, each volunteer fire company must keep an up-to-date list of its active and retired volunteer firefighters. The company must give the list to its county by October 1 each year and when asked. Each county must keep a countywide list built from the company lists. These rosters h… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: J.B. Jennings (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jack Bailey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Pamela Beidle (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Beth Carozza (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul D. Corderman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jason C. Gallion (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dawn Gile (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Antonio Hayes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Stephen S. Hershey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Fry Hester (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Carl Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Benjamin F. Kramer (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Clarence K. Lam (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Johnny Mautz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Justin Ready (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 41 | 0 | 2 | | 2026-04-08 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 135 | 0 | 1 | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 45 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 - 2026-04-09: Passed Enrolled (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Third Reading Passed (41-0) (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Senate Concurs House Amendments (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Third Reading Passed (135-0) (House) - 2026-04-08: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House) - 2026-04-08: Favorable with Amendments {953725/1 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-08: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health (House) - 2026-03-24: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2026-03-20: Referred Health (House) - 2026-03-19: Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Favorable with Amendments {403127/1 Adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate) - 2026-02-04: First Reading Finance (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2026-04-28: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_sb0579e.pdf) - Enrolled, 2026-04-09: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579e.pdf) - Third Reading, 2026-03-17: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579t.pdf) - First Reading, 2026-02-04: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579f.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization (became law) - SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment (became law) - SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law) - SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law) - SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits (became law) - HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_sb0579e.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579e.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0579f.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - A…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0496-2026RS) - [SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0366-2026RS) - [SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0244-2026RS) - [SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0148-2026RS) - [SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0016-2026RS) - [HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0529-2026RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0579-2026RS (as of 2026-10-11).