---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund"
description: "Revenue Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 953"
citation: "Maryland HB 953 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Hinebaugh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8482c74e-f573-4bdd-b3b3-f7c92379ad07"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0953?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "773c49ea00d693016eea0a42a6a5e2c89566a79590a6eca0426779b0720e67e8"
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 953 (2026) — Revenue Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Revenue Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_450_hb0953t.pdf)
2. **First - Revenue Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0953f.pdf)
3. **Third - Revenue Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0953t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-20** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `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
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 450 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8482c74e-f573-4bdd-b3b3-f7c92379ad07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).