---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment"
description: "Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 848"
citation: "Maryland SB 848 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c53dd9ee-f6f6-46b9-9fca-9075dd324e7b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0848?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "135281226d8a995ea9709a89feacbba8e0b8fd5d51e31287a3e7d1c248796bdd"
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 848 (2023) — Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_446_sb0848e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0848e.pdf)
3. **First - Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0848f.pdf)
4. **Third - Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0848t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2023-04-05** Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c53dd9ee-f6f6-46b9-9fca-9075dd324e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).