---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement Programs"
description: "Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Maryland HB 45 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-07-01"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c82bb2b7-5d2c-4dae-a78f-d2442f8441b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0045?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9e672d61191fe986856ef411f8ca305766b558085f8d6e55c328e885fed0449b"
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 45 (2020) — Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_38_hb0045t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0045f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0045t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **116–18** (pass) · lower
- HB 45 HB 434 HB 889 HB 966 HB 1061 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-28** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 1/28 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2020-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c82bb2b7-5d2c-4dae-a78f-d2442f8441b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).