---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies"
description: "Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Maryland SB 244 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f3c232-a7ae-4759-971e-475b4b888ed5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0244?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "62ae540b05a61c58c233c4b7cfb2a1af28178bd27f84cf6e642268285c4b7ecb"
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 244 (2021) — Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_720_sb0244t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0244f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0244t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 2/03 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 720 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79f3c232-a7ae-4759-971e-475b4b888ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).