---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Pre–Seed Builder Fund"
description: "Economic Development – Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Pre–Seed Builder Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1211"
citation: "Maryland HB 1211 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Barnes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2acf0ffa-977b-4116-bb91-2db1537f1bf5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1211?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "12f7fa8513db3a324d4c0decacc9817ec4197b0b0c238a53b55a4b6997956cd9"
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 1211 (2021) — Economic Development – Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Pre–Seed Builder Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Pre–Seed Builder Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_415_hb1211t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Pre–Seed Builder Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1211f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Pre–Seed Builder Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1211t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Finance Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 415 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2acf0ffa-977b-4116-bb91-2db1537f1bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).