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IntroducedSep 30, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund and Regulation of Entities - Revisions
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 23, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 259
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Economic Matters Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Laborcosponsor
Votes
YES: 120
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Stonko
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Kerr
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Korman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Turner
- Baker
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Ross
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bouchat
- Healey
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wims
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Ziegler
NOT VOTING: 2
- Griffith
- Young
Actions
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (120-10)
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- Jan 19, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
- Sep 30, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hennen, Amy (Office of Financial Regulation, Maryland Department of Labor)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Murray, Rory
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ioffreda, Francesca (Executive Office of the Governor - State of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Barnes, Andrea
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Tisha (Maryland Bankers Association)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Moore, Tonaeya (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
