---
type: "Bill"
title: "Annual Corrective Bill"
description: "Annual Corrective Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "Maryland SB 844 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Department of Legislative Services", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5213194-22a3-4b7e-94df-e5da787222d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0844?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d27bb9e5d335971badba9454f65682b0f6a06bc3afc6f00a18d4dbf7221d27e3"
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 844 (2026) — Annual Corrective Bill

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Annual Corrective Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_153_sb0844t.pdf)
2. **First - Annual Corrective Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0844f.pdf)
3. **Third - Annual Corrective Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0844t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Department of Legislative Services — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Senate Rules `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Hearing 4/06 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/06 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5213194-22a3-4b7e-94df-e5da787222d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).