---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives"
description: "Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 460"
citation: "Maryland SB 460 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e53b75f-9ae2-4879-b6cb-d16d4486d4d2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0460?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2c646309b5ea408bdd0f308fdff59209bd14668d4b513244dd7c385f78ec2eee"
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 460 (2021) — Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_13_sb0460t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0460f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0460t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **98–37** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **97–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (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.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 13 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e53b75f-9ae2-4879-b6cb-d16d4486d4d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).