---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Study"
description: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Maryland SB 461 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b91543-081c-403f-97d6-500cf384bb5a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0461?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "cda199281e568a29df0c4d230c82c763b8b11d5f6760aebde52048f24f75e84d"
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 461 (2026) — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_685_sb0461e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0461e.pdf)
3. **First - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0461f.pdf)
4. **Third - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Heat and Eat Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0461t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** 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
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b91543-081c-403f-97d6-500cf384bb5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).