---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects and Historic Revitalization Tax Credit"
description: "Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects and Historic Revitalization Tax Credit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 885"
citation: "Maryland SB 885 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a326d99d-764b-4981-bf6f-9853489d5bff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0885?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3e0fb10427f4e5be872f697ac3542d3cca73c9bfd1a38733240728ed10ce1747"
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 885 (2021) — Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects and Historic Revitalization Tax Credit

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects and Historic Revitalization Tax Credit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_332_sb0885e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects and Historic Revitalization Tax Credit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0885e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0885f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0885t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — 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 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a326d99d-764b-4981-bf6f-9853489d5bff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).