---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program – Establishment"
description: "Economic Development – Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program – Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "Maryland HB 987 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db5ce56-277a-4aa3-b872-e53c2af73a94"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0987?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "45d6eec8f87da345abcaa78fd6ba9b49f16c7fbec63c9bcbbfec293674091358"
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 987 (2021) — Economic Development – Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program – Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_236_hb0987t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0987f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0987t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-06** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Rereferred to Finance
- **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
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db5ce56-277a-4aa3-b872-e53c2af73a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).