---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act)"
description: "State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Maryland SB 828 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Attar", "Augustine", "Brooks", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Henson", "Hester", "Hettleman", "James", "Kagan", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d812a206-493e-4a09-8816-64fd4e626b22"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0828?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "9cd2a77a1c242dd851704eb4ab6d0b1bc856884d0d6d40c9045efc66b1673e83"
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 828 (2026) — State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_248_sb0828t.pdf)
2. **First - State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0828f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0828t.pdf)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment Ready /603425/1 — **12–28** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /103520/1 — **13–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Gallion /543628/1 — **15–26** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **92–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 04/09 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 248 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d812a206-493e-4a09-8816-64fd4e626b22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).