---
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: "SB 459"
citation: "Maryland SB 459 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed99b4e-ba0c-4758-92d7-5587a933debe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0459?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "be73f7b339f33650231fadbe3ce810d0ea1bd987aaa2df498008225a8e0d13e4"
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 459 (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_235_sb0459t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0459f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0459t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-24** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed99b4e-ba0c-4758-92d7-5587a933debe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).