---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Board of Education Budget - Percentage of County General Fund Revenue Ho. Co. 10-26"
description: "Howard County - Board of Education Budget - Percentage of County General Fund Revenue Ho. Co. 10-26"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "Maryland HB 1176 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ee798f7-fa80-4379-81ff-890b3113659d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1176?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "81c2eff1d3ef414f1e335483f0278f7332b12b09d075028a908c98cc53bf2949"
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 1176 (2026) — Howard County - Board of Education Budget - Percentage of County General Fund Revenue Ho. Co. 10-26

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Board of Education Budget - Percentage of County General Fund Revenue Ho. Co. 10-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_580_hb1176t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County – Board of Education Budget – Minimum Funding Ho. Co. 10–26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1176f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Board of Education Budget - Percentage of County General Fund Revenue Ho. Co. 10-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1176t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-19** Reassigned to Appropriations
- **2026-03-09** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ee798f7-fa80-4379-81ff-890b3113659d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).