Maryland House Bill 196

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-5)
Status: Engrossed on March 21 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Referred Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Altering the definition of "baby food" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing baby food testing to include infant cereal; altering the defined term "toxic heavy metal" to be "toxic element" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing baby food testing; authorizing a person to sell, distribute, or offer for sale infant cereal manufactured before April 1, 2028; requiring a manufacturer of baby food to make certain information about baby food publicly available beginning January 1, 2026; etc.

Public Health - Baby Food Testing and Labeling - Requirements

Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kim Ross [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Teresa Woorman [D]

2026-03-21 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 124 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred Finance
2026-03-21	House	Third Reading Passed (124-0)
2026-03-20	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments {273825/1 Adopted
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
2026-01-22	House	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-14	House	First Reading Health
2025-10-15	House	Pre-filed

SB570 (Crossfiled) 2026-02-11 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0196?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0196f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0196t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0006/hb0196_27382501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0196_hlt.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0719.pdf