---
type: "Bill"
title: "West North Avenue Development Authority - Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Program - Establishment (WNADA Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Act)"
description: "West North Avenue Development Authority - Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Program - Establishment (WNADA Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 816"
citation: "Maryland SB 816 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288be33a-0d3f-409c-b3e1-7fc6f1d86722"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0816?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b1458f6d23d6d204936deea81c533567c669fb598dbdae2be825df5694e4f5f5"
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 816 (2026) — West North Avenue Development Authority - Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Program - Establishment (WNADA Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - West North Avenue Development Authority - Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Program - Establishment (WNADA Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_389_sb0816t.pdf)
2. **First - West North Avenue Development Authority - Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Program - Establishment (WNADA Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0816f.pdf)
3. **Third - West North Avenue Development Authority - Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Program - Establishment (WNADA Neighborhood Social Connection and Development Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0816t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/288be33a-0d3f-409c-b3e1-7fc6f1d86722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).