---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)"
description: "Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "Maryland HB 588 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 78
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b23e7feb-e937-44af-8908-0ca8570f8516"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0588?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d488c0c451a040a9ec6fffba5f558710e23a2c3d3dc5dd30a9ce0308de7a4c5"
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 588 (2021) — Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_357_hb0588e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0588e.pdf)
3. **First - Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0588f.pdf)
4. **Third - Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0588t.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment #72 — **87–42** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /113027/1 — **42–88** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **128–8** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Hornberger /633626/1 — **42–90** (fail) · lower
- Committee Amendment #122 — **95–38** (pass) · lower
- Amd. #67 — **95–39** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Amd. # 71 — **89–44** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **126–10** (pass) · lower
- Amd. #68 — **91–41** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Wivell /643926/1 — **43–89** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Motion Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#1-10) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#11-17) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#18-29) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#30-49)
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#30-37) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#38-49) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#50-54) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#55-60) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#61-72)
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#61-66) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#67) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#68) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#69-70) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#71) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#72) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#73-81) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#82-90) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#91-100) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#101-111) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#112-122)
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#112-121) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#122) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Motion to suspend Rule 52 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-03-22** Motion Laid Over (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Motion Special Order until 3/24 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#1-14) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#15-23) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#24-34) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#35-40) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#41-48)
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#41-45) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#47-48) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#46) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#49-56) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#57-62) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Amendment (#63-73) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-25** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2021-03-25** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2021-03-25** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-26** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-03-26** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-03-26** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates McIntosh, Chang, Beitzel, Haynes and Reznik)
- **2021-03-26** House advisors: (Delegates Korman and B. Barnes)
- **2021-03-26** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-03-26** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-03-26** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates McIntosh, Chang, Beitzel, Haynes and Reznik)
- **2021-03-26** House advisors: (Delegates Korman and B. Barnes)
- **2021-03-26** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-03-26** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Edwards, Rosapepe, Zucker and Griffith)
- **2021-03-26** Senate advisors: (Senators King, Eckardt and McCray)
- **2021-03-29** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Edwards, Rosapepe, Zucker and Griffith)
- **2021-03-29** Senate advisors: (Senators King, Eckardt and McCray)
- **2021-04-02** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Enacted under Article III, Section 52(6) of the Maryland Constitution `became-law`
- **2021-05-18** Assigned a chapter number - Chapter 357

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b23e7feb-e937-44af-8908-0ca8570f8516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).