---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations"
description: "Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Maryland HB 1279 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luedtke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6bf2c65-7eb2-41f2-a37e-1f927350eabc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1279?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c41b1e54d3a0ddd6a5fc7c71276705f5f4ceab3c7552e6dd0a0c9eb014737e96"
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 1279 (2021) — Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_206_hb1279t.pdf)
2. **First - Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1279f.pdf)
3. **Third - Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1279t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luedtke — 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 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 206 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6bf2c65-7eb2-41f2-a37e-1f927350eabc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).