---
type: "Bill"
title: "Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention"
description: "Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 365"
citation: "Maryland SB 365 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb06ade-4501-4b19-a22b-932e54b6935b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0365?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6ece06931eaddf1e40f7a94702ff871e6b40a520e152159d26dbe6b0966f2d39"
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 365 (2021) — Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_91_sb0365t.pdf)
2. **First - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0365f.pdf)
3. **Third - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0365t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb06ade-4501-4b19-a22b-932e54b6935b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).