---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility and Funding"
description: "National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "Maryland SB 509 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6beb7ebb-3bb5-4da7-880b-9f9def6b822f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0509?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8bd880395ba1d11c374b4e9b4e3f50fe8dae44ee0246b9809ce298f5a8c5eb8c"
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 509 (2021) — National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_707_sb0509e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0509e.pdf)
3. **First - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0509f.pdf)
4. **Third - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0509t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **105–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **104–33** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-29** Reassigned to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation
- **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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Pinsky, Washington and Patterson)
- **2021-04-09** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-09** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Pinsky, Washington and Patterson)
- **2021-04-09** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-09** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates B. Barnes, Korman and Bridges)
- **2021-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates B. Barnes, Korman and Bridges)
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 707 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6beb7ebb-3bb5-4da7-880b-9f9def6b822f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).