---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds"
description: "Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "Maryland SB 153 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf09c858-2673-4ff5-ab60-6fed765095b6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0153?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4f136e199a3671cc006a5dbe640432280189fdeb8cd1e10057acab7b66310525"
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 153 (2026) — Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_sb0153e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0153e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0153f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Oversight and Control of Campaign Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0153t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **104–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf09c858-2673-4ff5-ab60-6fed765095b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).