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Joanne Benson
Maryland MD
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2026 Regular Session
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Joanne Benson
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Maryland State Senator
Joanne Benson
2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation
Legislative Session
2026 Regular Session
2025 Regular Session
2024 Regular Session
2023 Regular Session
2022 Regular Session
Primary Sponsor of Legislation
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB124
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics - Gene Structure- and Function-Modifying Products - Labeling
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB143
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB103
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB118
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB179
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB79
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB736
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Criminal Law - Obscene Matter - Visual Representation of Child
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB737
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Juvenile Law - Probation and Treatment Services - Required Disposition (Parental Accountability Act)
Co-Sponsor of Legislation
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB7
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
3/16/26
Engrossed
3/20/26
Refer
3/21/26
Report Pass
4/7/26
Enrolled
4/9/26
Chaptered
4/14/26
Passed
4/14/26
Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB860
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Report Pass
3/18/26
Engrossed
3/19/26
Refer
3/20/26
Report Pass
4/3/26
Enrolled
4/8/26
Chaptered
4/14/26
Passed
4/14/26
Department of Aging – Aging Resilience Fund – Establishment
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB928
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Report Pass
3/19/26
Engrossed
3/20/26
Refer
3/21/26
County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB382
Introduced
1/27/26
Refer
1/27/26
Retire in Maryland Tax Relief Act
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB402
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
3/19/26
Engrossed
3/20/26
Refer
3/21/26
Report Pass
4/8/26
Enrolled
4/10/26
Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB962
Introduced
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Refer
3/4/26
January 6th Insurrectionists - Prohibition on Service in Certain Government Roles
MD
MD
Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB988
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Refer
3/4/26
Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations