---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Heritage Areas Authority – Acquisition or Development Grants – Repeal of Target Investment Zones"
description: "Maryland Heritage Areas Authority – Acquisition or Development Grants – Repeal of Target Investment Zones"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Maryland SB 51 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions", "Economic and Community Development", "Financial Institutions", "Grants", "Historical Matters", "Investments", "Planning", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-11-01"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/073e74e4-2101-4f43-8f22-ed871fec3bce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB51&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "1496ad45baa5772113aede797ac7effef0c0dce9c4677ee2c21e1c88a758a88f"
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 51 (2019) — Maryland Heritage Areas Authority – Acquisition or Development Grants – Repeal of Target Investment Zones

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0051f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Planning) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {850818/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/073e74e4-2101-4f43-8f22-ed871fec3bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).