---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Historical Society - Funding"
description: "Maryland Historical Society - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 983"
citation: "Maryland SB 983 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Economic and Community Development", "Admissions and Amusement Tax", "Appropriations", "Art", "Music and Cultural Affairs", "Committees and Commissions", "Historical Matters", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b0389b-0115-4907-80ea-06bf1ba25a11"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB983&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "392b03eab09ce542a39f5202ae8ee61f44768211f783261ab386b9743e118e35"
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 SB 983 (2018) — Maryland Historical Society - Funding

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0983f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-12** Hearing 3/14 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2018-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b0389b-0115-4907-80ea-06bf1ba25a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).