---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase"
description: "Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Maryland HB 229 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-09-26"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb8d2e1-b689-4415-a9dd-f5e8acb5f42f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0229?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "10093dd2731b25228c2d84932923f9333eb67069c93576cf808627b0a86c6794"
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 229 (2026) — Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_114_hb0229t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0229f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0229t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–33** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /653724/1 — **35–93** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /223124/1 — **37–97** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-26** 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 Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Motion Special Order until 2/11 (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted
- **2026-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbb8d2e1-b689-4415-a9dd-f5e8acb5f42f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).