Maryland Legislative Session Concludes With Budget Signing, Redistricting Debate

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a state budget package, reported as approximately $70.8 billion to $71 billion, as the state legislative session concluded in April 2026. The budget resolved a projected spending shortfall for the second year in a row, according to reporting. Moore stated his administration's affordability agenda items passed in some form during the session. Reports diverge on some details beyond the budget signing. One account states the budget included no tax increases and describes an impending $3 billion deficit still facing the state, along with Moore urging the General Assembly to redraw Maryland's congressional map ahead of the midterms, though this redistricting push and deficit figure are not corroborated by the second source. A separate report describes legislation advancing to the governor's desk to investigate the deaths of hundreds of Black boys at the House of Reformation for Colored Children in Cheltenham, a claim also not confirmed by the other source. The legislative session was reported as wrapping up in mid-April 2026. Unresolved details include the exact final budget figure (cited variously as $70.8 billion and $71 billion), the status and outcome of the congressional redistricting effort, the precise scope of the projected future budget deficit, and the ultimate fate of the Cheltenham investigation legislation once it reached the governor's desk.