---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Small Business Financing – Loan Loss Reserve (Maryland Capital Access Program)"
description: "Economic Development – Small Business Financing – Loan Loss Reserve (Maryland Capital Access Program)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 829"
citation: "Maryland HB 829 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lierman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/797e2e5e-56b1-43e7-a356-0a18f340afa9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0829?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "62e99113e9d7230d0ddf35d09e99867d2de7b6cacd98245df0970d3b0416ddbc"
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 829 (2021) — Economic Development – Small Business Financing – Loan Loss Reserve (Maryland Capital Access Program)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Small Business Financing – Loan Loss Reserve (Maryland Capital Access Program)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_704_hb0829t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Small Business Financing – Loan Loss Reserve (Maryland Capital Access Program)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0829f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Small Business Financing – Loan Loss Reserve (Maryland Capital Access Program)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0829t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **111–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lierman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Finance Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 704 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/797e2e5e-56b1-43e7-a356-0a18f340afa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).