---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program"
description: "Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "Maryland SB 323 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "King", "McCray", "Peters", "Rosapepe", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-09-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b9711f-7256-4e23-98ac-033b65a03aa6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0323?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3646af37c0dea208ac793712f2b1d9030f9b20c8b1c4c710ef4fd280426d6605"
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 SB 323 (2021) — Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_395_sb0323e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0323e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0323f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0323t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **115–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Special Order — **38–98** (fail) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Saab) Rejected
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 395 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0b9711f-7256-4e23-98ac-033b65a03aa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).