---
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: "SB 188"
citation: "Maryland SB 188 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-26"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67b8b321-3777-4ca3-a0e1-fe32753cd353"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0188?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "ac81e5232941f2c721c3e7cf858e67f4b34970680d2da41810879773758e6578"
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 188 (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_115_sb0188t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0188f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0188t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **102–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-11** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 115 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67b8b321-3777-4ca3-a0e1-fe32753cd353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).