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SB283Introduced in the Senate

Creation of a State Debt – Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2026, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Passed

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,847,099,000, the proceeds to be used for certain necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipment purchases of the State, for acquiring certain real estate in connection therewith, and for grants to certain subdivisions and other organizations for certain development and improvement purposes; etc.

Where it stands

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5

April 8, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

7 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Third Reading Passed · April 2, 2026

43

Yes

0

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

47 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Mike McKay1Yes
Paul Corderman2Yes
Karen Lewis Young3Yes
William Folden4Yes
Justin Ready5Yes
Johnny Salling6Yes
J.B. Jennings7Yes
Carl Jackson8Yes
Katie Hester9Yes
Benjamin Brooks10Yes

Bill history

  1. First Reading Budget and Taxation

  2. Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

  3. Favorable with Amendments

  4. Motion Laid Over (Senator Zucker) Adopted

  5. Favorable with Amendments

  6. Committee Amendment (#1-291)

  7. with the exception of Amendments 30, 35, 46, 241 Adopted

  8. Committee Amendment (#30) Adopted (42-1)

  9. Committee Amendment (#35) Adopted (43-0)

  10. Committee Amendment (#46) Adopted (43-0)

  11. Committee Amendment (#241) Adopted (43-0)

  12. Favorable with Amendments Adopted

  13. Floor Amendment {243626/1 (Senator M. Washington) Withdrawn

  14. Floor Amendment {883527/1 (Senator Zucker) Adopted

  15. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  16. Third Reading Passed (44-0)

  17. Referred Appropriations

  18. Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations

  19. Favorable with Amendments

  20. Motion Special Order until 03/31 (Delegate Ruff) Adopted

  21. Favorable with Amendments

  22. Committee Amendment (#1) Adopted

  23. Committee Amendment (#2-5) Adopted

  24. Committee Amendment (#6-21) Adopted

  25. Committee Amendment (#22-189)

  26. Committee Amendment (#22-68) Adopted

  27. Committee Amendment (#69) Adopted (97-35)

  28. Committee Amendment (#70-111) Adopted

  29. Committee Amendment (#112) Adopted

  30. Committee Amendment (#113-189) Adopted

  31. Committee Amendment (#190-198) Adopted

  32. Favorable with Amendments Adopted

  33. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  34. Floor Amendment {983722/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (34-102)

  35. Floor Amendment {263428/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (21-102)

  36. Floor Amendment {593222/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (23-97)

  37. Floor Amendment {913223/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (20-99)

  38. Floor Amendment {923129/1 (Delegate Ruff) Adopted

  39. Motion Special Order until 04/02 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected

  40. Third Reading Passed with Amendments (123-13)

  41. Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Delegate Barnes) Adopted

  42. Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Barnes) Adopted

  43. Motion Reconsider Floor Amendment {923129/1 (Delegate Ruff) Adopted

  44. Floor Amendment {923129/1 (Delegate Ruff) Withdrawn

  45. Floor Amendment {133123/1 (Delegate Ruff) Adopted

  46. Third Reading Passed with Amendments (120-10)

  47. Senate Concurs House Amendments

  48. Third Reading Passed (43-0)

  49. Passed Enrolled

  50. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5

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