---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Maryland Innovation Initiative University Partnership Pilot Program – Establishment"
description: "Economic Development – Maryland Innovation Initiative University Partnership Pilot Program – Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 732"
citation: "Maryland SB 732 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7d856b6-b955-4621-aff5-2a9c9ad7a86c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0732?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "646b0994b0d8fb26ecc9393e2c7a2ec80fd41f61de32615a389beefcc77d3371"
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 732 (2021) — Economic Development – Maryland Innovation Initiative University Partnership Pilot Program – Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Maryland Innovation Initiative University Partnership Pilot Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_697_sb0732t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Maryland Innovation Initiative University Partnership Pilot Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0732f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Maryland Innovation Initiative University Partnership Pilot Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0732t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 3/16 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 Appropriations Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-28** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 697 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7d856b6-b955-4621-aff5-2a9c9ad7a86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).