Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB866: Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Disclosure and Notice to Customers of Sodium and Added Sugars
Status: In committee, April 13, 2026
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to direct chain restaurants to its website for the purpose of explaining the purpose of and ho a chain restaurant may comply with certain requirements; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display a certain disclosure and notice regarding food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content on each menu or menu board beginning January 1, 2027.
What the bill says
From the chaptered text, April 2, 2026:
SB0866/633828/1 BY: Health Committee AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL 866 (Third Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, in line 2, strike "Disclosure and Notice to Customers of"; in line 3, after "Sugars" insert "Warning Icons and Disclosure and Notice"; in line 4, after "to" insert "adopt certain regulations relating to the sale of food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content by a chain restaurant by a certain date and to"; in line 8, strike the second "a"; in line 9, after "certain" insert "icons next to food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content and a certain"; strike beginning with "regarding" in line 9 down through the second "content" in line 10; in line 11, strike "high sodium and added sugars"; and in the same line, after "items" insert "with high sodium and added sugars". AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 4, in line 7, after "(6)" insert ""POINT OF SELECTION" MEANS A PLACE WHERE A CUSTOMER MAY VIEW THE MENU AND MAKE A SELECTION TO PURCHASE A MENU ITEM. (7)"; and in line 12, after "(B)" insert "ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2027, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO: (1) ESTABLISH A HIGH SODIUM CONTENT WARNING ICON AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT; (2) ESTABLISH A HIGH ADDED SUGARS CONTENT WARNING ICON …
Sponsors
- Alonzo Washington (D, 22) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators A. Washington, Lam and Mautz)
- : Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- : House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Woorman, Alston and Hutchinson)
- : House Refuses Recede
- : House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Woorman, Alston and Hutchinson)
- : House Refuses Recede
- : Senate Requests House Recede
- : Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- : Senate Requests House Recede
- : Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (96-35) (April 8, 2026): 96 yea, 35 nay, passed
- Third Reading Passed (31-12) (March 23, 2026): 31 yea, 12 nay, passed
Subjects: Disclosure, Rules and Regulations, Notices, Reports, Crimes and Punishments, Penalties and Sentences, Fines, Consumer Protection
Common questions
- What is SB866?
- SB866 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Disclosure and Notice to Customers of Sodium and Added Sugars.
- What does SB866 do?
- Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to direct chain restaurants to its website for the purpose of explaining the purpose of and ho a chain restaurant may comply with certain requirements; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display a certain disclosure and notice regarding food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content on each menu or menu board beginning January 1, 2027.
- What is the status of SB866?
- In committee as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators A. Washington, Lam and Mautz) (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB866?
- Alonzo Washington (D, 22).
- Where is the official record for SB866?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0866?ys=2026RS
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