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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Arts and Entertainment Districts – Artistic Work and Arts and Entertainment Enterprise – Definitions"
+description: "Arts and Entertainment Districts – Artistic Work and Arts and Entertainment Enterprise – Definitions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 256"
+citation: "Maryland SB 256 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-09-22"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f7e2f06-463c-4813-b04f-85412f94f603"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0256?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "289675e3e02f96b4e845caad519928625e6e9db1c69b8e1fc5d04275c9833432"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 256 (2021) — Arts and Entertainment Districts – Artistic Work and Arts and Entertainment Enterprise – Definitions
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Arts and Entertainment Districts – Artistic Work and Arts and Entertainment Enterprise – Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_250_sb0256t.pdf)
+2. **First - Arts and Entertainment Districts – Artistic Work and Arts and Entertainment Enterprise – Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0256f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Arts and Entertainment Districts – Artistic Work and Arts and Entertainment Enterprise – Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0256t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-01-18** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-01-18** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-08** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-03-22** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f7e2f06-463c-4813-b04f-85412f94f603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+