---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Visit Baltimore - Appropriation Calculation"
description: "Baltimore City - Visit Baltimore - Appropriation Calculation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Maryland SB 789 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfeb030c-8246-421f-aefb-77ff0334df39"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0789?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "31050db3dd2144e8fac7d915803f9f6e030e95717bc7e360cc1921f91f0eae96"
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 789 (2021) — Baltimore City - Visit Baltimore - Appropriation Calculation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Visit Baltimore - Appropriation Calculation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_209_sb0789t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Visit Baltimore - Appropriation Calculation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0789f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Visit Baltimore - Appropriation Calculation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0789t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-19** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfeb030c-8246-421f-aefb-77ff0334df39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).