---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)"
description: "Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 994"
citation: "Maryland HB 994 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boafo", "Holmes", "Taylor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97807f8e-268a-405f-ad52-5f9394f17d89"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0994?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8f5861cef39b694d4333cc31bdfd0ea13743d7e73f3883681f1edd5f57152958"
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 994 (2026) — Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_611_hb0994e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0994e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0994f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0994t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–28** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **28–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boafo — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97807f8e-268a-405f-ad52-5f9394f17d89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).