---
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: "SB 596"
citation: "Maryland SB 596 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5262de16-1ffb-4ae9-928f-e8129ba1dd2f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0596?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "12b4837dfd90a76ecd20b7722d98e6a6972bafa3efc6ff142524210fc0bbd2ba"
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 596 (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_508_sb0596t.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/sb/sb0596f.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/sb/sb0596t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5262de16-1ffb-4ae9-928f-e8129ba1dd2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).