---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established"
description: "School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "Maryland HB 854 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Boyce"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/357b8fb9-ab8f-4d0d-8e71-13ee7bdfe644"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0854?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6d774222f1b7280b0230ba69b80fd836a25a84522327cf9118218e7a0a703994"
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 854 (2026) — School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_768_hb0854t.pdf)
2. **First - School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0854f.pdf)
3. **Third - School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0854t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/357b8fb9-ab8f-4d0d-8e71-13ee7bdfe644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).