---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Maryland SB 226 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1512627-275c-4d54-b2ea-b6c589518183"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0226?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "829a3d0495cb0e029e0a075943a85d40ee9a0d17ab108558805cfadb59d049e8"
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 226 (2026) — Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_124_sb0226t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0226f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0226t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–30** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Economic Matters Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1512627-275c-4d54-b2ea-b6c589518183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).