---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements"
description: "Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "Maryland HB 1539 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Carr", "Cullison", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Pena-Melnyk", "Reznik", "Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2191a838-d514-4d41-ad05-1274b0d8e16f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1539?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4dd5efaa0bec5e27f16de54eb0bc82a268ba269e42afa86f2c14267d49112f4d"
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 HB 1539 (2020) — Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_484_hb1539e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1539e.pdf)
3. **First - Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1539f.pdf)
4. **Third - Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1539t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 484 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2191a838-d514-4d41-ad05-1274b0d8e16f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).