---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - South Baltimore Gateway Community Impact District Management Authority - Distribution of Local Impact Grants"
description: "Baltimore City - South Baltimore Gateway Community Impact District Management Authority - Distribution of Local Impact Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Maryland SB 480 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Local Government - Generally", "Baltimore City", "Community Development", "Gaming", "Grants", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64676035-1569-4eb3-bc77-9dce45d01c95"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB480&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "2355609576a5eb9796c6fd5444261d755a0dee04ceb8d78305cb29664ca4606b"
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 480 (2018) — Baltimore City - South Baltimore Gateway Community Impact District Management Authority - Distribution of Local Impact Grants

## 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/sb0480f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferguson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {499431/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {435866/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64676035-1569-4eb3-bc77-9dce45d01c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).