---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026"
description: "Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Maryland SB 284 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "President"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 67
vote_count: 25
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/521e93a0-dbee-41fc-9248-09376305fab2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0284?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "15b16b3199119a42fe8dcc9ec3ceb617b1bd546374670d52b7a27b2ed4e8c843"
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 284 (2026) — Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_6_sb0284e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0284e.pdf)
3. **First - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0284f.pdf)
4. **Third - Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0284t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Morgan, T. /693228/1 — **44–88** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Ready /173221/1 — **18–26** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Folden /173121/1 — **14–29** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /493422/1 — **40–86** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Arentz /913729/1 — **38–87** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Special Order — **24–91** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **92–23** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment McKay /223926/1 — **18–26** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Pippy /983020/1 — **40–87** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Gallion /963023/1 — **14–29** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /733920/1 — **44–86** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Hershey /673521/1 — **20–24** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **98–37** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Hornberger /823321/1 — **45–86** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Miller /923621/1 — **38–91** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Corderman /303528/1 — **14–28** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Griffith /413129/1 — **41–88** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Rose /743226/1 — **37–92** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Nkongolo /173922/1 — **37–94** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Schmidt /113226/1 — **35–94** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /493222/1 — **37–91** (fail) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–13** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Tomlinson /363927/1 — **36–91** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment McKay /703923/1 — **14–30** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment (#1-6) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment (#7-13) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment (#14-20) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment (#21-26) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment (#27-34) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Motion Special Order until 03/25 (Delegate Barnes) Adopted
- **2026-03-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Committee Amendment (#1-4) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Committee Amendment (#5-7) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-03-27** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-03-27** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Rosapepe, Hettleman, Augustine and Jennings)
- **2026-03-27** Senate advisors: (Senators Salling, Zucker and Lewis Young)
- **2026-03-27** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-03-27** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-03-27** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Rosapepe, Hettleman, Augustine and Jennings)
- **2026-03-27** Senate advisors: (Senators Salling, Zucker and Lewis Young)
- **2026-03-27** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-03-27** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, Wilkins, Shetty, Acevero and Watson)
- **2026-03-27** House advisors: (Delegates Ghrist and Kaiser)
- **2026-03-30** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-03-30** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, Wilkins, Shetty, Acevero and Watson)
- **2026-03-30** House advisors: (Delegates Ghrist and Kaiser)
- **2026-03-30** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-03-30** Motion Special Order until 03/31 (Delegate Szeliga) Rejected
- **2026-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/521e93a0-dbee-41fc-9248-09376305fab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).