---
type: "Bill"
title: "Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund"
description: "Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 865"
citation: "Maryland HB 865 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49780b58-ffb6-49db-a948-58fce20703f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0865?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a5ea226d3076bf754123624397931337eae14a53d3b94cba831151bca8a3ddbe"
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 865 (2025) — Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_559_hb0865e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0865e.pdf)
3. **First - Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0865f.pdf)
4. **Third - Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0865t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49780b58-ffb6-49db-a948-58fce20703f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).