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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment"
+description: "Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 226"
+citation: "Maryland HB 226 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-09-25"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2290fe8-de5d-40c8-bd25-50540325fac7"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0226?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "6e36262df7ea105f49a5c7c5a6e5057d52dfa523abe23169595317ff66e11037"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 226 (2026) — Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_89_hb0226t.pdf)
+2. **First - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0226f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0226t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **122–6** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Grammer /233021/1 — **32–95** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10** Motion Special Order until 2/11 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted
+- **2026-02-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-02-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2290fe8-de5d-40c8-bd25-50540325fac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+