---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Community Benefits Districts"
description: "Baltimore City - Community Benefits Districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 676"
citation: "Maryland SB 676 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Baltimore City", "Community Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad63037-98e2-4b4d-b1c3-0d75af129139"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB676&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4bd105dea2b7e41b8e0fb2b545e7204268027871acdaa3b3a6d545ea3929d99c"
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 676 (2018) — Baltimore City - Community Benefits Districts

## 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/sb0676f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **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 (138-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ad63037-98e2-4b4d-b1c3-0d75af129139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).