---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Investment Fund - Uses"
description: "Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Investment Fund - Uses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Maryland SB 85 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-26"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fb230a-76a8-427a-9c5a-756aa7a72b72"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0085?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6948cce782404909a8df8d2a5149b8dc46189a4f15e7761ff92e7aba839e6311"
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 85 (2026) — Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Investment Fund - Uses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Investment Fund - Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_436_sb0085t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Investment Fund - Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0085f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Investment Fund - Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0085t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.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** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** 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 436 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52fb230a-76a8-427a-9c5a-756aa7a72b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).