---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established"
description: "Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 558"
citation: "Maryland SB 558 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Bailey", "Corderman", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jennings", "King", "Lewis Young", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/741e8d8e-a36e-492d-8ada-79f2154a40c2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0558?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7e3c4903fd611f1fe32848207e866985c8146eb29054745b4c4d4f11dfff8bee"
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 558 (2026) — Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_552_sb0558e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0558e.pdf)
3. **First - Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0558f.pdf)
4. **Third - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0558t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–5** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Bailey) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** 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 552 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/741e8d8e-a36e-492d-8ada-79f2154a40c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).