republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-461.md

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Bill	Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment	Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 461	Maryland HB 461 (2026)	bill		enacted	Adams Behler Fair Foley Ghrist Guyton Kerr Patterson Qi Queen Sample-Hughes Ziegler	3	11	1	2026-01-23	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a74b82fe-72bb-4855-a2a2-bc1cf3b94106	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0461?ys=2026RS	cf0c1e683dcceb33f6838c21ba394bd08e397b6a90707c52569ede83e7abae47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 461 (2026) — Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 127–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Ghrist — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Kerr — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Qi — primary (person)
• Queen — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-10 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-11 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-07 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a74b82fe-72bb-4855-a2a2-bc1cf3b94106. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).