---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on the Economic Future of Western Maryland"
description: "Task Force on the Economic Future of Western Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 436"
citation: "Maryland HB 436 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Hornberger", "Rose", "Shoemaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a224f17-c3b2-4c44-aaea-f34a43c4cdad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0436?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "41c8ed8d97925c1b7ed047261d97c196eaca85cf032c173baf0e5880e8f6afae"
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 HB 436 (2020) — Task Force on the Economic Future of Western Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force on the Economic Future of Western Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_207_hb0436t.pdf)
2. **First - Task Force on Tax Policy, Reform, and Fairness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0436f.pdf)
3. **Third - Task Force on the Economic Future of Western Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0436t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Shoemaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-14** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 207 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a224f17-c3b2-4c44-aaea-f34a43c4cdad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).