Delegation approves local-authority measures, advances alcohol and event bills in voice votes
February 21, 2026 | No. 2 - Carroll and Frederick Counties, Select Committees, SENATE, SENATE, Committees, Legislative, Maryland
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The Baltimore City Senate delegation voted by voice to move favorable on several city-request and local-authority bills on a voting calendar during the session.
Key outcomes:
- Senate Bill 290: Delegation adopted an amendment (amendment #123726141) that would allow Baltimore City to determine local maximum fines and penalties (original draft proposed increasing the cap from $1,000 to $5,000). The amendment was adopted and the bill was moved favorable with the amendment by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 279: The delegation moved SB279 (express authorization for Baltimore City to legislate on cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic smoking devices) favorable with an amendment circulated earlier to align with prior local authority on loose cigarettes; it passed by voice vote.
- Calendar motion: Members moved favorable on a group of three bills — SB636 (Board of Liquor License Commissioners technical amendments), SB642, and SB927 (promoter's permit/event promoter provisions) — and approved those on the calendar by voice vote.
Other items heard or discussed included SB524 (juvenile-records carve-out hearing, not voted on at this session), SB732 (cannabis-funds distribution hearing) and SB554 (school-board appointment modernization). Several senators indicated they wanted technical clarifications or amendments before final votes on outstanding items.
Motions and procedural notes are recorded in the session transcript; votes were taken by voice and roll-call tallies were not read into the record in detail during the meeting.
Key outcomes:
- Senate Bill 290: Delegation adopted an amendment (amendment #123726141) that would allow Baltimore City to determine local maximum fines and penalties (original draft proposed increasing the cap from $1,000 to $5,000). The amendment was adopted and the bill was moved favorable with the amendment by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 279: The delegation moved SB279 (express authorization for Baltimore City to legislate on cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic smoking devices) favorable with an amendment circulated earlier to align with prior local authority on loose cigarettes; it passed by voice vote.
- Calendar motion: Members moved favorable on a group of three bills — SB636 (Board of Liquor License Commissioners technical amendments), SB642, and SB927 (promoter's permit/event promoter provisions) — and approved those on the calendar by voice vote.
Other items heard or discussed included SB524 (juvenile-records carve-out hearing, not voted on at this session), SB732 (cannabis-funds distribution hearing) and SB554 (school-board appointment modernization). Several senators indicated they wanted technical clarifications or amendments before final votes on outstanding items.
Motions and procedural notes are recorded in the session transcript; votes were taken by voice and roll-call tallies were not read into the record in detail during the meeting.
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