---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act"
description: "Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Maryland SB 496 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carozza", "Carter", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Patterson", "Peters", "Pinsky", "President", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fadb473d-0a70-4426-90af-54835f0520ce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0496?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6931b942cdc7cb302f6b4bd3ef40f5ed350ce26e81feb378794c9a1af1ce119e"
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 496 (2021) — Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_39_sb0496e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0496e.pdf)
3. **First - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0496f.pdf)
4. **Third - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0496t.pdf)

## Votes

- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **130–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **130–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Motion Laid Over (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Committee Amendment {
- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred Ways and Means Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-12** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2021-02-12** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
- **2021-02-12** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2021-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-12** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-02-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fadb473d-0a70-4426-90af-54835f0520ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).