---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations"
description: "Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 966"
citation: "Maryland SB 966 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40e9ebf0-2a96-41ca-bf28-0156be05329f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0966?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "94a841f28ad107b9c8b99eb825bf3da67ae7b93b9acbcc3262d947b5336da298"
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 966 (2024) — Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_722_sb0966e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0966e.pdf)
3. **First - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0966f.pdf)
4. **Third - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0966t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Motion Laid Over (Senator Zucker) Adopted
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Zucker) Adopted
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-29** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40e9ebf0-2a96-41ca-bf28-0156be05329f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).