---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status"
description: "Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 851"
citation: "Maryland HB 851 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72c77069-fb16-49b7-b284-6b30d3e1ec7f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0851?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "834adc942b6a811972125d69ff75873eea033719976a9db4f653a6a96cfd75fa"
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 851 (2026) — Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_229_hb0851t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0851f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0851t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 229 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72c77069-fb16-49b7-b284-6b30d3e1ec7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).