Citizen Portal
Sign In

Votes at a glance: bills and notable roll calls on Jan. 29 Senate floor

Senate of Maryland · January 29, 2026
Article hero
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Key procedural outcomes from the Jan. 29 Maryland Senate floor: SB17 favorably reported and ordered for third reading by unanimous consent; SB1 committee report adopted and bill ordered printed for third reading after floor amendment votes; SB245 committee report favorably reported and printed for third reading after a sponsor amendment was adopted (33 yea recorded). Several floor amendments to SB1 and SB245 failed on roll call.

- Senate Bill 17 (Baltimore City alcoholic beverages related event promoters permit): favorable committee report adopted without objection; bill ordered printed for third reading (adopted by unanimous consent).

- Senate Bill 1 (public-safety; prohibition on face coverings by law-enforcement): Committee report and committee amendments adopted earlier by unanimous consent; multiple floor amendments were offered and defeated by roll call (one AG-notification amendment failed with 30 negative recorded); the bill as amended was ordered printed for third reading.

- Senate Bill 245 (public-safety; immigration-enforcement agreements prohibition): Committee report presented and debated on the floor; sponsor amendment described as accelerating the bill’s effect was adopted (33 affirmative recorded in the transcript); SB245 was ordered printed for third reading.

Recorded roll-call tallies cited in the transcript (partial): - SB1 amendment (AG notification/injunction): failed with 30 votes in the negative. - SB245 sponsor amendment (emergency/accelerated effect): adopted with 33 votes in the affirmative.

Procedural note: transcript records multiple other roll-call outcomes on floor amendments (detailed tallies are embedded in the transcript at the indicated segments).