Maryland SB 459 — Procurement - Advertising - Maryland News Organizations (Local News for Maryland Communities Act of 2026)
Maryland, 2026. SB 459: Procurement - Advertising - Maryland News Organizations (Local News for Maryland Communities Act of 2026)
Latest action
August 3, 2026 — Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator King) Adopted
Summary
No summary was supplied. Use the original legislative source for the bill text.
Sponsors
- Rosapepe — primary sponsor
- Augustine — primary sponsor
- Guzzone — primary sponsor
- Hettleman — primary sponsor
- King — primary sponsor
- Lewis Young — primary sponsor
- McCray — primary sponsor
- Zucker — primary sponsor
Bill text
First - Procurement - Advertising - Local News Organizations (Local Newspapers for Maryland Communities Act of 2026) Read version ↗
Third - Procurement - Advertising - Maryland News Organizations (Local News for Maryland Communities Act of 2026) Read version ↗
Enrolled - Procurement - Advertising - Maryland News Organizations (Local News for Maryland Communities Act of 2026) Read version ↗
Recorded votes
On Third Reading
March 5, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 42 · no: 0 · not voting: 1 · excused: 0 · absent: 4
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (47)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Simonaire | absent |
| Folden | absent |
| Benson | absent |
| Attar | absent |
| Ellis | not voting |
| Hettleman | yes |
| Feldman | yes |
| Zucker | yes |
| Salling | yes |
| Lewis Young | yes |
| Hester | yes |
| Corderman | yes |
| West | yes |
| Rosapepe | yes |
| Lam | yes |
| Hershey | yes |
| Charles | yes |
| Watson | yes |
| Ready | yes |
| Kramer | yes |
| Henson | yes |
| Carozza | yes |
| Washington, M. | yes |
| Muse | yes |
| King | yes |
| Hayes | yes |
| Brooks | yes |
| Washington, A. | yes |
| McKay | yes |
| Kagan | yes |
| Harris | yes |
| Beidle | yes |
| Waldstreicher | yes |
| McCray | yes |
| Jennings | yes |
| Guzzone | yes |
| Bailey | yes |
| Sydnor | yes |
| Mautz | yes |
| James | yes |
| Gile | yes |
| Augustine | yes |
| Smith | yes |
| Love | yes |
| Jackson | yes |
| Gallion | yes |
| Mr. President | yes |
On Third Reading (Amend)
March 30, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 129 · no: 7 · not voting: 4 · excused: 0 · absent: 1
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (141)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Ruth | yes |
| Martinez | yes |
| Guzzone | yes |
| Bhandari | yes |
| White Holland | yes |
| Ruff | yes |
| Mangione | yes |
| Guyton | yes |
| Behler | yes |
| Wells | yes |
| Ross | yes |
| Lopez | yes |
| Griffith | yes |
| Bartlett | yes |
| Watson | yes |
| Rosenberg | yes |
| Long, R. | yes |
| Fraser-Hidalgo | yes |
| Barnes | yes |
| Vogel | yes |
| Rose | yes |
| Long, J. | yes |
| Forbes | yes |
| Bagnall | yes |
| Valentine | yes |
| Rogers | yes |
| Lewis | yes |
| Foley | yes |
| Arikan | yes |
| Valderrama | yes |
| Roberts | yes |
| Lehman | yes |
| Fennell | yes |
| Arentz | yes |
| Turner | yes |
| Roberson | yes |
| Korman | yes |
| Feldmark | yes |
| Anderson | yes |
| Tomlinson | yes |
| Reilly | yes |
| Kipke | yes |
| Fair | yes |
| Amprey | yes |
| Toles | yes |
| Queen | yes |
| Kerr | yes |
| Embry | yes |
| Alston | yes |
| Terrasa | yes |
| Qi | yes |
| Kaufman | yes |
| Edelson | yes |
| Allen | yes |
| Taylor | yes |
| Pruski | yes |
| Kaiser | yes |
| Ebersole | yes |
| Addison | yes |
| Taveras | yes |
| Pippy | yes |
| Jones, D. | yes |
| Davis | yes |
| Adams | yes |
| Stonko | yes |
| Phillips | yes |
| Johnson, S. | yes |
| Cullison | yes |
| Acevero | yes |
| Stinnett | yes |
| Patterson | yes |
| Fisher | no |
| Beauchamp | no |
| Szeliga | no |
| Morgan, M. | no |
| Grammer | no |
| Chisholm | no |
| Baker | no |
| Stewart | yes |
| Pasteur | yes |
| Jacobs | yes |
| Crosby | yes |
| Ziegler | yes |
| Stein | yes |
| Palakovich Carr | yes |
| Ivey | yes |
| Conaway | yes |
| Young | yes |
| Spiegel | yes |
| Odom | yes |
| Hutchinson | yes |
| Coley | yes |
| Wu | yes |
| Solomon | yes |
| Morgan, T. | yes |
| Howard | yes |
| Clippinger | yes |
| Woorman | yes |
| Smith | yes |
| Moreno | yes |
| Hornberger | yes |
| Ciliberti | yes |
| Woods | yes |
| Simpson | yes |
| Moon | yes |
| Holmes | yes |
| Charkoudian | yes |
| Wolek | yes |
| Simmons | yes |
| Mireku-North | yes |
| Hinebaugh | yes |
| Chang | yes |
| Wivell | yes |
| Shetty | yes |
| Miller | yes |
| Hill | yes |
| Cardin | yes |
| Wims | yes |
| Schmidt | yes |
| Metzgar | yes |
| Healey | yes |
| Buckel | yes |
| Wilson | yes |
| Schindler | yes |
| McComas | yes |
| Hartman | yes |
| Boyce | yes |
| Williams | yes |
| Sample-Hughes | yes |
| McCaskill | yes |
| Harrison | yes |
| Boafo | yes |
| Wilkins | yes |
| Johnson, A. | yes |
| Jones, A. | absent |
| Nkongolo | not voting |
| Nawrocki | not voting |
| Ghrist | not voting |
| Bouchat | not voting |
| Crutchfield | yes |
| Speaker | yes |
Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage.
March 26, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 45 · no: 0 · not voting: 2 · excused: 0 · absent: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (47)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hayes | not voting |
| Folden | not voting |
| Zucker | yes |
| Salling | yes |
| Lam | yes |
| Hershey | yes |
| Charles | yes |
| West | yes |
| Rosapepe | yes |
| Kramer | yes |
| Henson | yes |
| Carozza | yes |
| Watson | yes |
| Ready | yes |
| King | yes |
| Harris | yes |
| Brooks | yes |
| Washington, M. | yes |
| Muse | yes |
| Kagan | yes |
| Guzzone | yes |
| Benson | yes |
| Washington, A. | yes |
| McKay | yes |
| Jennings | yes |
| Gile | yes |
| Beidle | yes |
| Waldstreicher | yes |
| McCray | yes |
| James | yes |
| Gallion | yes |
| Bailey | yes |
| Sydnor | yes |
| Mautz | yes |
| Jackson | yes |
| Feldman | yes |
| Augustine | yes |
| Smith | yes |
| Love | yes |
| Hettleman | yes |
| Ellis | yes |
| Attar | yes |
| Simonaire | yes |
| Lewis Young | yes |
| Hester | yes |
| Corderman | yes |
| Mr. President | yes |
Legislative history
- Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator King) Adopted
- Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
- Passed Enrolled
- Third Reading Passed
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Favorable with Amendments {
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Third Reading Passed
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Favorable with Amendments {
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Budget and Taxation
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