Maryland Senate Bill 300

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-04-08 - Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing the Rural Readiness Program administered by the Rural Maryland Council to provide assistance to rural communities to enhance their capacity for economic development; requiring priority to be given when making certain grants to entities that have completed the Rural Readiness Program; and establishing the Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund to be administered by the Council to provide grants to support collaborative planning and capacity building initiatives that address the needs of rural communities.

Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment

Sen. Katie Hester [D]	Sen. Jason Gallion [R]	Sen. Dawn Gile [D]	Sen. Kevin Harris [D]
Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Shaneka Henson [D]	Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Sen. Mary Carozza [R]
Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]

2026-03-05 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-08	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-08	House	Favorable Report by Economic Matters
2026-03-06	House	Referred Economic Matters
2026-03-05	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2026-03-03	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {953929/1 Adopted
2026-03-02	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2026-01-21	Senate	Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-21	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB461 (Crossfiled) 2026-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Economic Development	13	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	13	416	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	2	206	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	2	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	2	207.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0300?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0300f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0300t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0300_95392901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0300_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0300_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0272.pdf