---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment"
description: "Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 858"
citation: "Maryland SB 858 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Charles", "Corderman", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gallion", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Hayes", "Henson", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "M. Washington", "Mautz", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57195851-5019-486e-a798-df0e7f46e93f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0858?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d9d6a4bbced47c6e8f32b1db2a8b0f7a25a7038ad55413a10bf2cafefb0e06db"
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 SB 858 (2026) — Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_365_sb0858e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0858e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0858f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0858t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee — primary (organization)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2026-03-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57195851-5019-486e-a798-df0e7f46e93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).