---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Libraries - Funding"
description: "Education - Libraries - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 276"
citation: "Maryland HB 276 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "D. Jones", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Love", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e3b2016-5c00-43b7-8ecd-2a779b335405"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0276?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b409b15f3d797feacba84295a0446cb03153f7da99ba625612a9f362bd2ca8b"
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 276 (2023) — Education - Libraries - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Libraries - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_158_hb0276t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Libraries - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0276f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Libraries - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0276t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e3b2016-5c00-43b7-8ecd-2a779b335405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).