---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Planning - Maryland Humanities Council - Appropriation to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative"
description: "Department of Planning - Maryland Humanities Council - Appropriation to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "Maryland HB 504 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59736d8a-7e5c-4edc-aca8-6312dd3b828a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0504?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2fd782b202d35484af8547be619f7c6d3388abfe305f6eba4f4ea349e94f69f5"
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 504 (2024) — Department of Planning - Maryland Humanities Council - Appropriation to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Planning - Maryland Humanities Council - Appropriation to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_507_hb0504t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Planning - Maryland Humanities Council - Appropriation to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0504f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Planning - Maryland Humanities Council - Appropriation to the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0504t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 507 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59736d8a-7e5c-4edc-aca8-6312dd3b828a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).