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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act"
+description: "Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 496"
+citation: "Maryland SB 496 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carozza", "Carter", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Patterson", "Peters", "Pinsky", "President", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-02-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fadb473d-0a70-4426-90af-54835f0520ce"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0496?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "6931b942cdc7cb302f6b4bd3ef40f5ed350ce26e81feb378794c9a1af1ce119e"
+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 496 (2021) — Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_39_sb0496e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0496e.pdf)
+3. **First - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0496f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0496t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **130–1** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **130–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Administration — primary (person)
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Eckardt — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Peters — primary (person)
+- Pinsky — primary (person)
+- President — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-20** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-01-29** Motion Laid Over (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
+- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-03** Committee Amendment {
+- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-03** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-08** Referred Ways and Means Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-08** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
+- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-02-12** Floor Committee Amendment {
+- **2021-02-12** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
+- **2021-02-12** Floor Committee Amendment {
+- **2021-02-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-02-12** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
+- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-02-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fadb473d-0a70-4426-90af-54835f0520ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+