---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland State Arts Council - Funding"
description: "Maryland State Arts Council - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Maryland SB 167 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4090784-9e8c-4fef-8807-e98f7f3509d9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0167?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d838273b8b14996bc6dbe3c035f01bf979d497ab811aef802dee6883a05807a7"
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 167 (2023) — Maryland State Arts Council - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland State Arts Council - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_548_sb0167t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland State Arts Council - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0167f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland State Arts Council - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0167t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2023-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Motion Special Order until 2/22 (Senator Elfreth) Adopted
- **2023-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4090784-9e8c-4fef-8807-e98f7f3509d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).