HB1646 • 2026

Maryland Aviation Administration - Airport Passenger Screening Partnership Program

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegates M. Morgan , Arikan , Chisholm , Fisher , Grammer , Nawrocki , and Szeliga
Last action: 2026-03-16
Official status: In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Effective date: Upon Enact

Plain English Breakdown

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Maryland Aviation Administration - Airport Passenger Screening Partnership Program

Authorizing the Maryland Aviation Administration, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, to participate in the Transportation Security Administration's Screening Partnership Program.

What This Bill Does

Authorizing the Maryland Aviation Administration, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, to participate in the Transportation Security Administration's Screening Partnership Program.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-16 House
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2026-03-16 House
Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted (123-11)
2026-03-16 House
Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Maryland Aviation Administration - Airport Passenger Screening Partnership Program

Official Summary Text

Authorizing the Maryland Aviation Administration, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, to participate in the Transportation Security Administration's Screening Partnership Program.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
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*hb1646*

HOUSE BILL 1646
R2 EMERGENCY BILL 6lr3738

By: Delegates M. Morgan, Arikan, Chisholm, Fisher, Grammer, Nawrocki, and
Szeliga
Rules suspended
Introduced and read first time: March 16, 2026
Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Maryland Aviation Administration – Airport Passenger Screening Partnership 2
Program 3

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Aviation Administration, with the approval 4
of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, to participate in the 5
Transportation Security Administration’s Screening Partnership Program; and 6
generally relating to airport passenger screening. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Transportation 9
Section 5–101(a) and (b) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12

BY adding to 13
Article – Transportation 14
Section 5–415.1 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 17

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19

Article – Transportation 20

5–101. 21

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 22

2 HOUSE BILL 1646

(b) “Administration” means the Maryland Aviation Administration. 1

5–415.1. 2

WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY, THE 3
ADMINISTRATION MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 4
ADMINISTRATION’S SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 5

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 6
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 7
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three –fifths of all the members elected to 8
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 9
enacted. 10