2026 Regular Session
HB1617
Public Health - Health Innovation Zones - Establishment
Authorizing the local zoning authority in a county to designate a health innovation zone, a contiguous area that demonstrates measurable and documented health disparities and poor health outcomes; requiring a county, if the local zoning authority designates a health innovation zone, to establish, by law, certain incentives; requiring the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to provide funding to encourage certain entities to establish a business in a certain health innovation zone; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
102 yea–35 nay · 2 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Finance
March 10, 2026 · House
Health
February 19, 2026 · House
Rules and Executive Nominations
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Finance
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House Third Reading Passed (102-35) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {883022/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
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House Hearing 3/17 at 3:00 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Rereferred to Health
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House First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations