---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Maryland SB 26 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-05"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5076a58d-d702-4ad7-b873-972479d4afdb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0026?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb74f6afc2ef3ce27c55e0ac3021647a2995a1ff41585649a4a3697bb569abed"
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 26 (2023) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_282_sb0026t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Social Services Programs – Eligibility and Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0026f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0026t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5076a58d-d702-4ad7-b873-972479d4afdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).