---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations"
description: "Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Maryland HB 478 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0991dc56-c96c-4e3a-af03-bfbfecb300d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0478?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "16eb5b6f9d60d984290d509719a142c085c35a051ac4ce24b070484c29a5a477"
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 HB 478 (2022) — Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_732_hb0478e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0478e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0478f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0478t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 732 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0991dc56-c96c-4e3a-af03-bfbfecb300d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).