---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund - Allocation of Grants (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023)"
description: "Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund - Allocation of Grants (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Maryland HB 695 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4affac1b-b86b-40d5-8957-fb288706960a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0695?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1a0601868ef0694b8ac13db2848507e8661bace83c84e268f0fdafb04dab9ce2"
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 695 (2023) — Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund - Allocation of Grants (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund - Allocation of Grants (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_439_hb0695t.pdf)
2. **First - Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund – Revisions and Sunset Repeal (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0695f.pdf)
3. **Third - Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund - Allocation of Grants (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0695t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4affac1b-b86b-40d5-8957-fb288706960a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).