---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021"
description: "Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "Maryland HB 589 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b00cff-d35a-4683-b222-8338d2ebb079"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0589?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dae56a2ec3de1447743e853ad64a9018c3d53b8a4448857c31e4b206615d7edb"
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 589 (2021) — Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_150_hb0589e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0589e.pdf)
3. **First - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0589f.pdf)
4. **Third - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0589t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–19** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **125–12** (pass) · lower
- Amd. #34 — **82–51** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **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 (#1-9) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#10-15) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#16-23) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#24-30) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#31-38)
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#31-33) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#34) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment (#35-38) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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, McCray, Zucker and Griffith)
- **2021-03-26** Senate advisors: (Senators Rosapepe, Young and Elfreth)
- **2021-03-29** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Edwards, McCray, Zucker and Griffith)
- **2021-03-29** Senate advisors: (Senators Rosapepe, Young and Elfreth)
- **2021-04-02** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6b00cff-d35a-4683-b222-8338d2ebb079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).