HB 1646

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
1 AN ACT concerning
2  Maryland Aviation Administration – Airport Passenger Screening Partnership
3Program
4 FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Aviation Administration, with the approval
5      of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, to participate in the
6      Transportation Security Administration’s Screening Partnership Program; and
7      generally relating to airport passenger screening.
8 BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
9Article – Transportation
10Section 5–101(a) and (b)
11Annotated Code of Maryland
12(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)
13 BY adding to
14      Article – Transportation
15      Section 5–415.1
16      Annotated Code of Maryland
17      (2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)
18SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
19 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
20Article – Transportation
21 5–101.
22(a)     In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
     EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
  [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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1(b)   “Administration” means the Maryland Aviation Administration.
2 5–415.1.
3     WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY, THE
4 ADMINISTRATION MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
5 ADMINISTRATION’S SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
6SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
7 measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has
8 been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to
9 each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
10 enacted.