---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Historical Trust - Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program - Funding"
description: "Maryland Historical Trust - Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 688"
citation: "Maryland HB 688 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/530d9a32-a343-4ca1-bc05-6979a918eaeb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0688?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fbee34f04087517e8c79da56f34c3c983eb75fbda5aa007afd6b1eefab5303fa"
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 688 (2024) — Maryland Historical Trust - Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Historical Trust - Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_494_hb0688t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Historical Trust - Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0688f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Historical Trust - Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0688t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 494 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/530d9a32-a343-4ca1-bc05-6979a918eaeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).