---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations"
description: "Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "Maryland SB 459 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53efef70-bf82-4391-8102-80c1e0ab234b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0459?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b3c41ac33a75529b760c774de50b194866f3520f4fbecb87fc250ede58434f99"
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 459 (2024) — Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_29_sb0459t.pdf)
2. **First - Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0459f.pdf)
3. **Third - Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0459t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53efef70-bf82-4391-8102-80c1e0ab234b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).