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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign Financing - Campaign Finance Reporting Deadline and Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions"
description: "Campaign Financing - Campaign Finance Reporting Deadline and Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "Maryland HB 260 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a45b758-748f-4654-89fd-26d7cd66ba73"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0260?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c8caab2328daf0178ee2f4df6151167514e27ac0e2033b1c94579a5476af7b01"
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 260 (2026) — Campaign Financing - Campaign Finance Reporting Deadline and Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Campaign Financing - Campaign Finance Reporting Deadline and Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_443_hb0260e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Campaign Financing - Campaign Finance Reporting Deadline and Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0260e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Financing Act Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0260f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Financing Act Fair Campaign Financing Fund Distributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0260t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **10333** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **9431** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **3210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a45b758-748f-4654-89fd-26d7cd66ba73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).