---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Extension"
description: "Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 866"
citation: "Maryland HB 866 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
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/6fd1ac19-d050-43f2-8268-d28ef7238a89"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0866?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "05348fe323484aa68ef05b9754024bdc0495308d9860892bfef40bf3d42c448a"
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 866 (2026) — Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_656_hb0866t.pdf)
2. **First - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Case Management Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0866f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0866t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 656 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fd1ac19-d050-43f2-8268-d28ef7238a89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).