---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Tourism Improvement District"
description: "Baltimore City - Tourism Improvement District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1085"
citation: "Maryland SB 1085 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Baltimore City", "Budgets", "Commerce and Business", "Committees and Commissions", "Hearings", "Laws and Ordinances", "Minorities", "News Media", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Notices", "Revenue and Taxes", "Tourism", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Nathan-Pulliam"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fac65068-9ddd-4a15-9fa4-a413903882de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1085&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "3c8555594fe63c4f1357001c591a1cf82c9f875fa38a0fd6f72006c627e283ea"
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 1085 (2018) — Baltimore City - Tourism Improvement District

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1085f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-12** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-02-16** Reassigned to Finance
- **2018-02-21** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {907673/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-23** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 642 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fac65068-9ddd-4a15-9fa4-a413903882de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).