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IntroducedSep 25, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 13, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 16, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 226
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Disabilitiescosponsor
Votes
YES: 32
- Adams
- Ghrist
- Hutchinson
- Miller
- Rose
- Arentz
- Grammer
- Jacobs
- Morgan, M.
- Schmidt
- Arikan
- Griffith
- Long, R.
- Morgan, T.
- Szeliga
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Mangione
- Nkongolo
- Tomlinson
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- McComas
- Pippy
- Valentine
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Metzgar
- Reilly
- Wivell
- Fisher
- Howard
NO: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Alston
- Edelson
- Korman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Amprey
- Embry
- Lehman
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Watson
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Beauchamp
- Foley
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Behler
- Forbes
- Moon
- Simmons
- Williams
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wims
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Chang
- Healey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Woorman
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, S.
- Queen
- Taveras
- Ziegler
ABSENT: 7
- Anderson
- Conaway
- Lewis
- Lopez
- Odom
- Clippinger
- Jones, A.
YES: 122
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Coley
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Solomon
- Acevero
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Addison
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Alston
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Toles
- Baker
- Foley
- Korman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Behler
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rose
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ross
- White Holland
- Bouchat
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Hartman
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moon
- Shetty
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Ziegler
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
Actions
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (122-6)
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {973122/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted
- Floor Amendment {233021/1 (Delegate Grammer) Rejected (32-95)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {623426/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 2/11 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations
- Sep 25, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - EstablishmentPDF
- Amendments {623426/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {973122/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {233021/1 (Delegate Grammer) Rejected (32-95) (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - EstablishmentPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP Testimony, INFO -- Allgair, Jennifer (State Ethics Commission)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Holcomb, Karen
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Rice, Mat
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Silcott, Lorna-Mae (The Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Manzoni, Mary (MD Works)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Cook, Chuck (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Kugel, Katrina (SEEC)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Kinkaid, Richard (Maryland State Department of Education)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Roques, Carmel (Maryland Department of Aging)
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- APP Testimony, INFO -- Disabilities, Department of
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Othman, Ronza (National Federation of the Blind of Maryland)
