---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date"
description: "University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Maryland HB 1540 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Harrison", "Ivey", "McCaskill", "Ruff", "Toles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f90915-0a2a-4b1e-88f9-b2703833943d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1540?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8589b6fb3dbdf93e94f3f481f8841f367846a81c6a60b0ac6d96e70a8bd107df"
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 1540 (2026) — University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_797_hb1540t.pdf)
2. **First - University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1540f.pdf)
3. **Third - University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1540t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **117–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 797 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23f90915-0a2a-4b1e-88f9-b2703833943d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).