---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus"
description: "State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "Maryland SB 1079 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-01"
last_action: "2020-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce03a5fb-4ab2-488a-8413-0f0335fdf405"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1079?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d8b9c2e55108289bfc31472b49d484dee5ab908ece95dc7a98ed7ae88bf0e390"
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 1079 (2020) — State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_12_sb1079t.pdf)
2. **First - State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1079f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1079t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Emerg) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-01** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Senator King) Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Senator King) Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Hearing 3/06 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Returned Passed
- **2020-03-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce03a5fb-4ab2-488a-8413-0f0335fdf405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).