---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment"
description: "Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Maryland HB 226 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2290fe8-de5d-40c8-bd25-50540325fac7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0226?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6e36262df7ea105f49a5c7c5a6e5057d52dfa523abe23169595317ff66e11037"
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 226 (2026) — Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_89_hb0226t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0226f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0226t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Grammer /233021/1 — **32–95** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Motion Special Order until 2/11 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted
- **2026-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2290fe8-de5d-40c8-bd25-50540325fac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).